Smart Prop and Parenting

tomsfo1

Grrrr! I spent a lot of time posing a hand to properly hold an apple. My objective is to make this a Smart Prop so the next time I want to call up the figure and prop it will load to the hand and follow the hand if I change the pose.

I understand to make a Smart Prop I need to parent it to the hand. But when I do so, it moves the apple from the exact placement I had when conforming the hand to hold it, to the palm of the hand.

How can I save the apple as a Smart Prop to the proper placement instead of the palm?

I also saved the figure's pose with the modified hand pose as a Preset > Pose, but when I attempt to load it I get an "Error opening file" message. I checked the Log file but it only says: "*** Scene Cleared ***, Error reading file, see log for more details."

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for your response.

Tom

Richard Haseltine

Make sure parent in Place is on when you change the apple's parent - it's a check box if you are using the Change parent dialogue, or a checkable menu item in the Scene pane option menu (lined button in the top corner, or right-click the tab) if you are dragging and dropping in the Scene pane.

tomsfo1

Thanks Richard,

Sometimes it is the most obvious or littlest things we miss.

Your response is appreciated.

Tom