Research (Parent/Child in Maya)

This research has taught me about the parent and child relationship in Maya.

From what i have read, a parent is like a "boss" and a child is like a "subordinate". So what happens in Maya is that whatever stuff we do to the parent, the child will get affected as well. However, what we do to the child will not affect the parent at all. Also, i learned that in Maya, an object can only have a parent. However, there are no limitations to the a parent having a parent.

So in other words, there can be generations and generations.

Also, to parent an object, i must first select the object i want as a child. After that, i select the object i want as a parent. And from there, i go to edit>parent.

With this knowledge, i can now sort of group things together and model more efficiently.

References
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=104