Hey guys, Thank you all who responded first of all. I had a crazy week and didn't get a chance to stop and attempt to understand your suggestions until today, which is why I didn't reply sooner.
I concur with Julian; great tip Grahame! Thanks for that. And thank you Julian and Leonard for sending wonderful example scenes that both worked great. :D Love this list, -- Alan ps: I owe you all beers if we meet happen to meet at a future Siggraph! (or if you don't drink, an alternative beverage of your choosing.) On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Julian Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > On 17/07/2013 17:03, Grahame Fuller wrote: > > 3. Use Build Array from Set to put ParentID into an array. Find the > parent’s ParentID in the array. You should get an array with two indices, > the one that isn’t the parent is the cloned child (safe to say it will be > the second one). > > That step is genius, gray. Works both ways - children to parent, parent to > children - and couldn't be more direct, simple or unambiguous. Definitely > one for the cookbook. >
