Duplicate Special "World"

[dg3duy]

I wonder how to get the copy to be world, I don't see in the documentation about that, any clues?
I can only find duplicate information.
https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2020/CHS/Maya-Tech-Docs/CommandsPython/duplicate.html

[Kahylan · Accepted solution]

Hi!

Thats because this flag triggers a secondary command that parents the created objects to the root.

You can achieve it like this:

import maya.cmds as mc
duplicates = mc.duplicate(whatever other settings you need, rr = True)
mc.parent(duplicates, w = True)

For this to work this simple you need the "rr" Flag in your duplicate command, otherwise it will also parent all the leafnodes to the root.

I hope it helps!

[dg3duy]

@Kahylan Fantastic! thank you very much