Re: Strange bounding box and parenting problem 2004-03-25 - By nicholas8681
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Not really understanding what the problem is. Could you do a series
of screencaps? Or explain it differently.
Brian
--- In Carrara@(protected), "northwatchmantech" <germann@(protected)>
wrote:
> OK, I have run into this before but never mentioned it. I am
creating
> a SPN-45 (See http://SPN-45.ora-code.com) RADAR. This radar has a tube camera mounted on top. I
create
> the tube camera, mounting bands, lens, and mounting block. My
parent-
> child relationship is:
>
> Mounting Block (parent)
> >Camera Tube
> >>Camera Lens
> >Mounting Bands
>
> My problem is when I then take this parent set and child it to
> another another object. The mounting Block (former parent/ now
child)
> remains at 100% scale, but the children become 50% and move. By
move,
> if I change their respecive scales back to 100%, they are in the
> wrong location and I have to re-locate them to their proper
location
> in the camera tube.
>
> So then I undo the parenting so I'm back to my orginal parent set.
I
> thought grouping before parenting would help. This is where I get
the
> strange bounding box. My mounting box has the y coordinate 7.5.
When
> I group my 4 objects (all at y = 7.5 or higher), i get a bounding
box
> that has only the mounting block in it and it looks like another
> object (invisible to me) that go to 0 y coordinate. I hope I am
> explaining this so that you understand. I can post an image if that
> would help.
>
> Anyone have an idea what is happening here?
>
> Thank - Northwatch
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