Create a
dummy that is slightly larger than the shape.
Figure 8.11
Create a dummy
object to fit over
the circle.
using dummy objects ?– 375
Linking the Dummies
If you scrub the animation, you will notice that the circle moves along with the rotation of
its parent bar, as it did before. This is because the dummy is not part of the hierarchy yet.
You are going to change the structure of the hierarchy in order to break the relationship
of the circle with its parent object and restructure it to add the dummy between the bar
and the circle. This is done by relinking the new order.
3. Make sure the Time slider is at frame 0. Go to the main toolbar and click on the Select
and Link tool ( ). Use the Select and Link tool to select the circle, and then click
and drag it to the dummy object. Make sure you don??™t let go until the cursor changes
to the icon to make the proper link, as shown in Figure 8.12.
4. You??™re not done yet. If you scrub the animation, the circle will no longer move with
its parent bar. You have to link the dummy to the bar. Select the dummy, and click
and drag to the Parent cylinder (Figure 8.12). This completes the new hierarchy. Now
the circle is the child of the dummy, and the dummy is the child of the parent bar
above it.
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