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Part II: Working with Objects

Tutorial: Linking a family of ducks
What better way to show off parent-child relationships than with a family? I could have modeled my own
family, but for some reason, my little ducks don’t always like to follow me around.
To create a linked family of ducks, follow these steps:
1. Open the Linked duck family.max file from the Chap 09 directory on the DVD. This file includes
several simple ducks lined up in a row.
2. Click the Select and Link button in the main toolbar, and drag a line from the last duck to the one
just in front of it.
Tip
You can link several objects at once by highlighting all the objects you want to link and dragging the selected
objects to the parent object. This procedure creates a link between the parent object and each selected object. n

3. Continue to connect each duck to the one in front of it.
4. Click the Select and Move button (or press the W key), and move the Mommy duck. Notice how
all the children move with her.
Figure 9.2 shows the duck family as they move forward in a line. The Link button made it possible to move
all the ducks simply by moving the parent duck.

FIGURE 9.2
Linked child ducks inherit transformations from their parent duck.

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