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Removing (Relaxing) Constraints

As opposed to deactivating constraints, where the constraint is still present but has no effect, you can also remove constraints permanently from objects.

When you remove a constraint, the object that was constrained does not return to its “pre-constrained” state; however, if you undo the creation of the constraint (press Ctrl+z), the object returns to its pre-constrained state.

To remove an up-vector constraint, see Removing an Up-Vector Constraint.

To remove a constraint

Do one of the following:

• In a viewport with the constraint links visible (see Viewing Constraints and Their Information) between the constrained and constraining objects, click the link and press Delete.

or

• Select one or more constrained objects and choose Constrain > Remove Constraint. If the object is constrained to more than one object, you are prompted to pick the object from which you want to remove the constraint.

or

• In the explorer, go to the constrained object’s properties (see Finding Constraint Elements in the Explorer), select a particular constraint, and press Delete.

To remove all constraints from an object

• Select one or more constrained objects and do one of the following:

- Choose Constrain > Remove All Constraints.

or

- Choose Animation > Remove Animation > from Objects, Constraints from the Animation panel.

or

1. In the explorer, go to the constrained object’s Constraint properties (see Finding Constraint Elements in the Explorer).

2. Right-click the Constraints folder and choose Delete to remove all constraints in that folder.

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