How can I unparent an object in an animaton?

Question

I was working on a baby project in which a toy trains takes a block (typically a cube).

So I parented the block to the train and it moves perfectly from starting point to the stopping point.

At the stoping point I want this block to be un parented and start moving along a curve.

If I try to un parent it using Alt + P its jumps around as shown below:

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 22 '17 at 11:17

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Parenting can't be disabled during timeline. If you want this, you must use Child Of constraint instead. It has influence value, that can be animated.

Look also:

How do I "parent" objects?

Dynamic parent addon

answered Oct 22 '17 at 11:17

Crantisz

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Thank you very much for your answer, so how can I set child to un parent on a certain frame and keep the location same ? – Blender For You Oct 22 '17 at 11:44
Use two Child Of constraints. One is referencing the moving object and the other is referencing the static one. Animate the influences to obtain the desired effect. – dr. Sybren Oct 22 '17 at 16:47
@BlenderForYou see my links in answer – Crantisz Oct 22 '17 at 16:55
The Dynamic parent addon does not exist. The link is no good. – Franck Louis Dec 09 '19 at 09:40

How can I unparent an object in an animaton?

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