Object Parenting Problem

[danispag]

I have a list of Groups with a curve as a child object. I want to parent the group to the cild (curve) of the previous group. Images attached as an example. How do I do it wit python?

Thanks in advance 🙂

[danispag]

I have a list of Groups with a curve as a child object. I want to parent the group to the cild (curve) of the previous group. Images attached as an example. How do I do it wit python?

Thanks in advance 🙂

[jarombrand · Accepted solution]

There are several ways you could do it, but here is one way with PyMel:

import pymel.core as pm

sel = pm.selected()

for x, s in enumerate(sel):
    if x:
        pm.parent(s, sel[x-1].getChildren())

Simply selected the groups in the order you want them parented and run this code. Let me know if you have questions about it

[jarombrand · Accepted solution]

There are several ways you could do it, but here is one way with PyMel:

import pymel.core as pm

sel = pm.selected()

for x, s in enumerate(sel):
    if x:
        pm.parent(s, sel[x-1].getChildren())

Simply selected the groups in the order you want them parented and run this code. Let me know if you have questions about it

[danielblaze]

I'm getting this error:

# Error: line 1: MayaAttributeError: file /Applications/Autodesk/maya2017/Maya.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pymel/core/general.py line 2200: Maya Attribute does not exist (or is not unique):: u"[nt.Transform(u'nurbsCircle2')]" #

[danielblaze]

I'm getting this error:

# Error: line 1: MayaAttributeError: file /Applications/Autodesk/maya2017/Maya.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pymel/core/general.py line 2200: Maya Attribute does not exist (or is not unique):: u"[nt.Transform(u'nurbsCircle2')]" #

[jarombrand]

Because Maya is dependent on node names, if there are duplicate node names in the scene it can screw things up. I would suggest properly naming your nodes before using this script. 

[jarombrand]

Because Maya is dependent on node names, if there are duplicate node names in the scene it can screw things up. I would suggest properly naming your nodes before using this script.