key framing parent/unparent

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# 1 25-11-2012 , 10:19 PM

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is there a way to do this? Most of the time i need to do switches from animating between IK and FK and i can get 1 parenting action in there, say on a grab push/pull animation but i can unparent and parent to something else in the same scene. Is there a way to key frame parenting and unparenting action without it going completely bonkers on me?

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# 2 25-11-2012 , 11:03 PM

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Try keying a parent constraint with the weight as 1 or 0. Hopefully that works in your situation.

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# 3 25-11-2012 , 11:46 PM

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thx i'll try that user added image

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# 4 26-11-2012 , 05:57 AM

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Just make sure you don't keep them both at 1, else you'll get strange results. You usually want to follow the formula:

blend0 = *value*
blend1 = 1 - blend0

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# 5 26-11-2012 , 06:44 AM

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i'll have to mess around with it the next time it comes up. my current project only requires 1 parented object so no worries on it just yet user added image

i'll probably run a few experiments on it when im done.