how can i change location of the model after importing in maya

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[left]well i have the feeling that this is a silly one … but i cant seem to know how.

my prob is that i want to change the location of the character and its animation after importing to maya.
when i select roger master and move it … the model and the skeleton move separately
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[left]and when I group them together I get the same thing.
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[left]The only way is to delete history but that will delete the animation on the model too
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[left]So how can I do it
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#2

It all has to do with double translations/rotations.

If skin is bound, it gets it translations/rotations from the skeleton. If you have the mesh then parented under a group node that the skeleton is also under, moving that node with give you twice the translation/rotation.

#3

Hi, one thing you can try is to select the skeleton root and group it. Then move the new group. May work, may not.

#4

But be carefull with scaling a group with skinned objects in it.
Once I had a lot of trouble with it, and lost hours of work.

#5

thanx guyz

gernal u got it exactly right :slight_smile: thanx
i grouped the seleton to it self then i parented the mesh to that group and now everything workd fine.

#6

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