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title: "parent"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/ShogunPost121/1253740387/parent"
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# Description

Makes a node a child of another node.

The parent command allows you to build hierarchies among your scene objects. The transformations of an object remain unchanged after the parent operation unless the -adjust option is used. Therefore, if the transformations of the new parent are not identical to the previous parent, the parented object will be in a new absolute worldspace location subsequent to the parent operation.

## Functional area

Data manipulators

# Command syntax

## Syntax

> Macro (scroll-tablelayout)

|  |
| --- |
| `parent [-adjust] [-showProgress] [-ranges] [-adjustOnly]` |

### Arguments

Implied based on currently selected objects. The primary selected object will become the parent of all other selected objects.

### Flags

> Macro (scroll-tablelayout)

| Name | Flag arguments | Argument type | Exclusive to | Comments |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `adjust` | 0 | — | adjustOnly | Recalculates the transform of each child so as to account for the transform of the parent |
| `showProgress` | 0 | — | — | — |
| `ranges` | 0 | — | — | — |
| `adjustOnly` | 0 | — | adjust | — |

## Return value

void

> Macro (scroll-pagebreak)

## Examples

```plaintext
select RHEL RMT5 RMT1 RTOE RANK;
parent -adjust; 
// These commands parent the all markers belonging to the right
// foot besides the ankle, to the ankle. After you run this command, 
// you can operate on the markers as a unit by
// transforming just the RANK node.
```

# Additional information

## Related commands

- [unparent](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ShogunPost121/pages/1253739671)