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Child->Parent Automatically sets joint precedence to decrease in value from

child to parent. Causes joints closest to where a force is applied (the end

effector) to move more than joints farther away from the force.

You almost always assign Child>Parent precedence to an entire kinematic

chain.

Child>Parent behaves like the default precedence settings but is more flexible

if you want to go back and manually change the settings.

Parent->Child Automatically sets joint precedence to decrease in value from

parent to child. Causes joints closest to where a force is applied (the end

effector) to move less than joints farther away from the force.

You almost always assign Child>Parent precedence to an entire kinematic

chain.

Copying, Pasting, and Mirroring Joint Parameters

(HD Solver)

Make a selection. > Hierarchy panel > IK > Object Parameters rollout > Copying,

Pasting, and Mirroring joint parameters

Use the Copy and Paste buttons in the Object Parameters rollout to copy and

paste the joint settings between IK controllers. You can also copy joint settings

from a non-IK controller to an IK controller, but you can't copy from an IK

controller to a non-IK controller. With an HD IK solver hierarchy, you can

paste to a multiple selection of joints.

Use Mirror Paste to mirror the IK joint settings about the X, Y, or Z axis during

a Paste operation. It consists of four buttons: one each for the X, Y, and Z axes,

and a None option that prevents mirroring altogether.

You can also mirror the IK joints using the Mirror tool on the main toolbar.