Help Obi Rod collision causing weird stretching behavior

[violinviolin19]

Hi,

If I had to take a guess, I’d say your constraints are completely disabled (Stretch/shear and Bend/twist constraints, in the ObiSolver component under the “Constraints” foldout) and that you’re moving the entire solver around instead of the rod.

I’d need to take a look at your solver, blueprint and rod setting to properly diagnose this, though.

Kind regards,

The constraints are enabled but I am moving the entire solver around. The issue is that if I reparent it such that the ObiSolver is the root object, the cylindrical handle is its child, and the ObiRod is a child of the handle, then the rod doesn't move if I pick up and grab the handle. It only moves if I have the solver as a child of the handle. Is there something I'm doing wrong in terms of configuration here? 
Also, I'll attach the images you requested.