load the matrix nodes plugin and use the decompose matrix node On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 1:04:23 PM UTC-7, botaurus wrote: > > I'm wondering if there is a way to essentially put an object in another > object's space without parenting them. My rigging components are not > parented to each other. I set up the hierarchy relationships with parent > constraints. But scale constraints do not constrain their children in their > parent's space. > Heres a script of the relationships in a basic form. If you scale the > top_sphere, youll notice the bot_sphere does not skew like the mid_sphere. > Any help would be much appreciated, thanks! (sorry if this makes no sense) > > import maya.cmds as cmds > > top_sphere = cmds.polySphere(ch=0)[0] > > mid_sphere = cmds.polySphere(ch=0)[0] > cmds.move(5,0,0,mid_sphere) > cmds.rotate(30,0,0,mid_sphere) > mid_sphere_offset = cmds.group(em=1) > #put mid_sphere_offset in top's space with > cmds.parentConstraint(top_sphere, mid_sphere_offset) > cmds.parent(mid_sphere, mid_sphere_offset) > cmds.scaleConstraint(top_sphere, mid_sphere_offset) > > bot_sphere = cmds.polySphere(ch=0)[0] > cmds.move(10,0,0,bot_sphere) > cmds.rotate(60,0,0,bot_sphere) > bot_sphere_offset = cmds.group(em=1) > #put bot_sphere_offset in top's space with > cmds.parentConstraint(mid_sphere, bot_sphere_offset) > cmds.parent(bot_sphere, bot_sphere_offset) > cmds.scaleConstraint(mid_sphere, bot_sphere_offset) >
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