by Trukas·Workflow
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Link Parents earns its place in the Blender extensions library by surfacing the Matrix Parent Inverse, an otherwise obscure property, directly in the Relations panel and making it editable and transferable between objects.
Link Parents is a Blender add-on from Trukas focused on parenting objects and bones. It adds a Link Parent entry to the Link/Transfer Data menu, reachable with Ctrl+L or through Viewport > Object > Link/Transfer Data. This copies the active object's parent along with its transformation matrix, and it supports object, bone and vertex parenting.
The add-on also exposes the Matrix Parent Inverse under the object's Relations property panel, making it editable through comprehensive transformation properties. The matrix can be copied and pasted between objects, including objects in different blend files. This part of the add-on was contributed with Pullusb.
It also lets you copy and paste the inverse matrix of a Child Of bone constraint from one bone to another. Link Parents is compatible with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer, requires no special permissions, and is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
Link Parents is best for blender users working with object, bone and vertex parenting who need to copy parent relationships and edit or transfer Parent Inverse matrices.
Link Parents is completely free to download and use.
Link Parents lists compatibility with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer, so it runs on the 4.2 long-term-support release and later versions. The add-on requires no special permissions. You can add it by dragging and dropping the file into Blender, or by downloading it and using Install from Disk. Once enabled, its Link Parent tool appears in the Link/Transfer Data menu, and the Matrix Parent Inverse becomes available under the object's Relations property panel where it can be edited.
Link Parents can be installed by dragging and dropping the add-on file into Blender, or by downloading it and using the Install from Disk option. After installation, you'll find a Link Parent entry in the Link/Transfer Data menu, reachable with Ctrl+L or through Viewport > Object > Link/Transfer Data. The Matrix Parent Inverse also appears under the object's Relations property panel, where it becomes editable through comprehensive transformation properties, and it requires no special permissions to run.
Link Parents lets you copy and paste the Matrix Parent Inverse between objects, and this works between objects in different blend files. The property is exposed under the object's Relations property panel and is editable through transformation properties. This capability was contributed with Pullusb. Alongside it, the add-on can copy and paste the inverse matrix of a Child Of bone constraint from one bone to another, another feature contributed with Pullusb.
Link Parents is listed as free here in the catalog and is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. For current licensing details, check the developer's page. The add-on requires no special permissions to run and supports object, bone and vertex parenting. It's compatible with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer, and any bugs or feature requests can be reported through the developer's GitHub issue tracker.
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