Inherit only position property from parent

[Miguel De mendoza]

Try this on child position:

parentPosition = thisComp.layer("Parent Layer Name").transform.position;
value + parentPosition // Remove this line if you need locked child


[Obed Ampong]

Hi,

thanks, It works

Regards,
Obed

[Obed Ampong]

Please, what if I want the child position[0] to be affected by the scale.
For example, the parent is a bar graph and the child is the label( %). I would like to keep the distance between the graph and the label (%) so that if I increase the scale of the bar the label will move a little further away from its position, however, I would like to keep the position[1]of the label(%) freely so that it can inherit the position[1] of the bar graph.
Thank you

[Miguel De mendoza]

For plain relatinships, just change position by the property you want to parent:

parentPosition = thisComp.layer("Parent Layer Name").transform.position;
parentScale = thisComp.layer("Parent Layer Name").transform.scale;
parentOpacity = thisComp.layer("Parent Layer Name").transform.opacity;
parentScaleX =parentScale[0];
////and so on ....


For what you are looking for explicitly:

thisParent = thisComp.layer(""Parent Layer Name"");
parentPos = thisParent.transform.position;
parentScaleWidth = thisParent.transform.scale[0];
toRight = thisParent.width/2 * parentScaleWidth/100 + parentPos[0];
[toRight + value[0], value[1]]

[Obed Ampong]

Hi Miguel,
Thanks for the reply, it worked but is it possible to factor in the anchor point? I have my anchor point set to the extreme left of the parent while the child is at the extreme right end.
regards,
Obed

[Obed Ampong]

Please, is it also possible to keep equidistance between them all the time?