Hi there! I have been using mGear for a little while, still learning and figuring out how to use it, although so far I’m very impressed by how easy, efficient and powerful is.
However, i have been stuck for some days trying to figure out how to parent some more controls under a spine. For example I have a character with a big belly that I would like to parent in between the lower hip and the chest. Is it possible? How can I do such a thing?
Thank you in advance and keep up with this awesome tool…Cheers!
The joint connection can be done from the UI.
But the rest of elements need to be connected with a post Custom step (a script) that reparent the 2 elements the way you want.
I see!! I’d expect once the join is parented using this UI clever way…the control rig would be automatically set too. 8-D
I’ll try the post steps for doing this and much more needed after the building pass.
Gracias!
@Miquel The video seems to go over how to index the joint structure, but not how to connect components inbetween the start and end of the spine?
I am using a custom step to re-parent the rest. Usually the transform or control that drives the joint. But, never to the joint itself.
I want to add better parenting in the future, but since is very easy to do with custom steps is low in my priority list 
What is recommended to reparent? The root of the component?
Is there a problem with parenting to the joint?
yes the usually the root of the component
is to keep clean/separated the joint structure and the behavior structure. But there is nothing stopping you to mix it if you wish 
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