mcjUnparentInPlace

Introduction

when i work with mcjAutoLimb2015 i often need to unparent the "pole vectors" from the thighs or the collarbones

i want them to stay exactly where they are before the unparenting

Daz Studio does have "parent in place" options you can turn on/off but i somehow often cant get it to work

this script notes the position and orientation of the selected node ( World-space )

it unparents the node

it deletes all the position and rotation keyframes

it keyframes the saved position/orientation at frame 0 for the now-unparented node

History

august 17th 2016 7 am Release

Installation

The zip package is found at the bottom of this page

unzip it in your daz content folder,

typically :

C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\DAZ 3D\Studio\My Library

once installed, it will appear in your content library, under

My Library / Scripts / mcasual

Starting with Windows 7 if you right click on the downloaded zip file

and select the [Extract All ....] pop-up menu item

you simply browse up to your Daz Studio Content Folder

and the files will fall in the proper folder

Use

select the node to be unparented

run the script

you can undo this action

The source code

var node = Scene.getPrimarySelection() if( node ) { var pa = node.getNodeParent(); if( pa ) { beginUndo(); var p = node.getWSPos(); var r = node.getWSRot(); pa.removeNodeChild( node, false ); node.getXRotControl().deleteAllKeys(); node.getYRotControl().deleteAllKeys(); node.getZRotControl().deleteAllKeys(); node.getXPosControl().deleteAllKeys(); node.getYPosControl().deleteAllKeys(); node.getZPosControl().deleteAllKeys(); node.setWSPos( p ); node.setWSRot( r ); acceptUndo( "mcjUnparent" ); } }

License

Public