by Nikita Akimov·Workflow
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Parent Plus earns its place in the Superhive library as a focused set of parenting helpers, keeping chain selection and Empty-based grouping within one N-panel tab.
Parent Plus is a Blender add-on from Nikita Akimov that adds a small set of tools for working with object parenting. It focuses on selecting parent–child hierarchy chains and on parenting groups of objects, with everything reached from a Parent+ tab in the 3D Viewport's N-panel.
Selecting a chain is handled by two commands. Select All Parents, mapped to Ctrl+[, selects the full chain of parents for the selected object, while Select All Children, mapped to Ctrl+], selects all of its children. Multiselect is supported. A separate Parent Selection To Empty button creates an Empty and parents all selected objects to it, and you can place that Empty at the 3D cursor, the center of the scene, the center of the selected objects, or the active object's location.
The add-on lists support for Blender 2.81, 2.82, 2.83 and 2.9, ships at version 1.0.0 under the GPL license, and includes documentation. A demo video is available. For current licensing and compatibility, check the developer's page.
Parent Plus is best for blender users working with parent–child object hierarchies who want quicker chain selection and grouping under an Empty.
Parent Plus is completely free to download and use.
Parent Plus lists support for Blender 2.81, 2.82, 2.83 and 2.9, so it runs on those releases. The add-on works from the 3D Viewport and shows up in the N-panel under a Parent+ tab, where its buttons live. If you work in one of the listed versions, you can use its parenting and selection tools directly from that panel. For versions outside this range, check the developer's page to confirm current compatibility before installing, since behaviour on newer Blender releases isn't stated here.
Parent Plus appears in the 3D Viewport window through the N-panel, under a tab labeled Parent+. From that tab you reach the Select All Parents button, the Select All Children button, and the Parent Selection To Empty button. The selection commands also have keyboard shortcuts, Ctrl+[ for parents and Ctrl+] for children, so you can trigger them without opening the panel. Documentation is included with the add-on, which you can consult if you need more detail.
Parent Plus assigns Ctrl+[ to select the full chain of parents for the selected object, and Ctrl+] to select all of that object's children. Both actions are also available as the Select All Parents and Select All Children buttons in the Parent+ tab, and multiselect is supported. This lets you move through a parent–child hierarchy from either direction using either the shortcut or the button. The Parent Selection To Empty command is a separate button rather than a mapped shortcut in what's described here.
Parent Plus can create an Empty and parent all selected objects to it using the Parent Selection To Empty button. The Empty can be placed at the 3D cursor location, at the center of the scene (world), at the center of the selected objects (center), or at the active object's location (active). These four options let you choose where the new parent sits before the selected objects are attached to it. Multiselect is supported, so several objects can be parented in one step.
Parent Plus is listed as free in this catalog and is distributed under the GPL license. Licensing terms can change over time, so for the current price, license details and any updates, check the developer's page directly before you download. The add-on is currently at version 1.0.0. It covers a small set of parenting helpers rather than a large toolset, so reviewing the developer's page also gives you the clearest picture of exactly what the current release includes.
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