Attach and Un-Attach a Hat in Maya

Attach & Un-attach a Hat in Maya Using the Parent Master

In this short tutorial for animation beginners we show how to attach and un-attach a hat to "Monty" in Maya using the free ZV Parent Master Plugin. 

The ZV Parent Master Plugin is a very useful tool that we recommend for attaching and un-attaching objects in Maya.  

To see how to download and install it, read this blog post and watch this video.  

The Parent Master Plugin

The Parent Master Plugin is a very useful tool that we recommend for attaching and un-attaching objects in Maya. To see how to download and install the Parent Master Plugin, read this blog post and watch this video.  

Attach and Un-Attach a Hat in Maya Using the Parent Master Plugin

ParentMaster

Attaches and Parenting in Maya
Attaching and un-attaching objects in Maya can be a fiddly process. Attaching things isn't usually a problem, but un-attaching them can be more tricky, especially if you want to avoid bumps in the animation. Marc's tutorial shows how to do this smoothly and seamlessly.

Marc Stevenson Tutorial
You can find Marc's tutorial on attaching and un-attaching objects here.

ParentMaster Plugin
One alternative way of attaching and un-attaching objects in Maya is to download the ParentMaster, a plugin created by Paolo Dominici which greatly simplifies the business of attaching and un-attaching objects in Maya.

Attach and Un-Attach

Say you want to animate a character picking up a ball and then dropping it. The ParentMaster makes your life much easier, though installing it will take a few minutes. The free ParentMaster plugin is a way to attach and un-attach objects in Maya.
To see how to use the ParentMaster plug-in in more detail, read this blog post.

Other great Maya Plugins
Other free Maya plugins we recommend include the TweenMachine, Studio Library, and also aTools. All are free to download and install.


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