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I have a drone model with separate parts. For example, the propeller and the rudder are two separate meshes. I have parented each to individual bones in hope of later joining them into one armature. Unfortunately, when I select all of the bones and hit Ctrl+J, the bones join, but the meshes change position and/or rotation. How do I join the bones into one armature and keep the transformation on the meshes? The reason I want them into one armature is because I plan on putting the drone into BGE.

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6_5f6jmSaHOa2VaMkVwRzM4UXc

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  • $\begingroup$ Did you try parenting the root bones of each part to a (new) single parent bone using the Ctrl-J > Bone option? I think that would work. $\endgroup$
    – Anthony Forwood
    Commented Jul 11, 2016 at 20:24
  • $\begingroup$ Thanks for the help, but that didn't work. $\endgroup$
    – arduinoob
    Commented Jul 11, 2016 at 20:52
  • $\begingroup$ Make sure to apply rotation and scale to all objects (bones and meshes) before joining, and as @AnthonyForwood said, use another root bone $\endgroup$
    – lemon
    Commented Jul 12, 2016 at 6:49
  • $\begingroup$ @lemon What do you mean by applying rotation and scale? Do you mean adding a keyframe? Also, I'm not sure if this matters, but each part has one bone parented, so each individual bone is its armatures root bone. $\endgroup$
    – arduinoob
    Commented Jul 12, 2016 at 17:48
  • $\begingroup$ By applying rotation and scale, I mean to be sure all meshes are on the same base (same scale, same rotation). To do this, in object mode, "ctrl + A" (apply) then "rotation and scale". (nothing to do with keyframes). Concerning root bone (adding a bone which is the parent for all), this allow to move the whole and give each part the ability be rotated or move from the referent parent (the root bone), so that your drone has a consistency between all its parts. $\endgroup$
    – lemon
    Commented Jul 12, 2016 at 17:59

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