[image] Hi, I want to “vertex parent” a cube to a plane. I created a plane and then subdivided it for each individual car. I then selected the vertices of the plane, then (CTRL + Selected the car) and selected “Vertex parent” but I got an error saying: (Error - Select either 1 or 3 vertices to par…

Select the car (as the child) > shift + select the plane > press Tab key to enter edit mode > select the vertex on the plane (as the parent) > Press Ctrl + P :wink:

Hello select your vertex, then press Ctrl key and RMB click over the desired object to select it too, then do the usual Ctrl-P! Bye

Ah, i didn’t know there is a quicker way to do that. Thanks OTO. @ Paint Guy, after you did what OTO said, you can move the vertex around, to see the result. EDIT: Ups, it’s not a quicker way, actually. Just a slightly diferrent way :slight_smile:

Thanks Nezgar and OTO. Sorry, I didn’t make my question very clear. I wanted to “vertex parent” 2 or 4 vertices but as far as i can tell it only works if you select 1 or 3 vertices which is unfortunate because I wanted to select 2 or 4 vertices and “vertex parent” them to the cube but I don’t think …

Paint Guy: Thanks Nezgar and OTO. Sorry, I didn’t make my question very clear. I wanted to “vertex parent” 2 or 4 vertices but as far as i can tell it only works if you select 1 or 3 vertices which is unfortunate because I wanted to select 2 or 4 vertices and “vertex parent” them to the cube bu…

Originally Posted by Atom You may want to consider it like this… Create a plane and subdivide it to create a face for every car in your coaster. The plane should end up rectangular in shape with the required spacing to keep your cars convincing. Then vertex parent each car to each face of the…

Wow, Atom’s file is pretty neat! I’ve been doing some experiments with the “Curve modifier” in your .blend, and i have no idea how Atom can achieve that roller coaster animation in his .blend. You’re right, parenting an object into a vertex can messing up the boxes. But it seems like Atom can deal…

Maybe if the cubes are all one object? select them and press ctrl j?

You can only vertex parent to 1 or 3 vertexes. A point or a triangle. There are reasons for this: A triangle con only be flat. Any 3 points in space will create a flat triangle. Because of this, you can parent an object to 23 points and it can use their position to rotate an object. All you hav…

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