# Get the world transform without unparenting?

**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/get-the-world-transform-without-unparenting/5024
**Category:** Maya
**Tags:** mel
**Created:** [August 17, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/get-the-world-transform-without-unparenting/5024 "2003-08-17T06:27:18Z")
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### Author: ![viper-0711-2](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/838e76/32.png) [@viper-0711-2](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/viper-0711-2)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/get-the-world-transform-without-unparenting/5024/1 "2003-08-17T06:27:18Z")

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is there any way to get the world transform without unparenting?

thx

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### Author: ![brtnysprsfnclb](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@brtnysprsfnclb](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/brtnysprsfnclb)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/get-the-world-transform-without-unparenting/5024/2 "2003-08-17T23:15:59Z")

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xform-ws [whatever thing you want]

seems to apply all parent transforms, so it should do what you want.