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Also works with multiple objects selected and groups them all under a group in the same worldspace as the first selected object.<br \/>\nGrab the code here and place it on your shelf.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:python decode:true\">import maya.cmds as cmds\r\nimport maya.OpenMaya as om\r\n\r\ngrpList = cmds.ls(sl = True)\r\n\r\nparentObj = cmds.listRelatives( grpList[0], parent = True )\r\ncmds.group( em = True, name = grpList[0] + '_Zero_GRP' )\r\ncmds.parentConstraint( grpList[0], grpList[0] + '_Zero_GRP' )\r\ncmds.delete( grpList[0] + '_Zero_GRP_parentConstraint1' )\r\ncmds.scaleConstraint( grpList[0], grpList[0] + '_Zero_GRP' )\r\ncmds.delete( grpList[0] + '_Zero_GRP_scaleConstraint1' )\r\ncmds.parent( grpList[0], grpList[0] + '_Zero_GRP' )\r\ntry:\r\n    cmds.parent( grpList[0] + '_Zero_GRP', parentObj )\r\n    om.MGlobal.displayInfo( grpList[0] + ' now has a group above it' )\r\nexcept:\r\n    om.MGlobal.displayInfo( grpList[0] + ' has no parent object, grouped in world space' )\r\n\r\ncmds.select( grpList[0] )\r\nnewParent = cmds.listRelatives( parent = True )\r\nlistEndNumber = len(grpList)\r\nremainingObj = grpList[1:int(listEndNumber)]\r\n\r\nfor i in remainingObj:\r\n    cmds.parent( i, newParent )\r\n\r\nom.MGlobal.displayInfo( grpList[0] + ' now has a group above it' )<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I wrote a little tool that simply groups whatever you have selected, for the purposes of cleaning up transforms. 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