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I have four (4) objects and when I select all of them and press tab to go into Edit Mode, I can select the top face of each object. Then when I do Shift+S > Cursor To Selected I would have expected the 3D Cursor to be averaged at the center but alas it didn't. Can anyone explain how the Cursor To Selected is calculated in this scenario?

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The 3D cursor usually goes to the Median Point, since this is the default setting for the Transform Pivot Point.

What you need to snap it to is the center of the overall shape which would be the Bounding Box Center as pivot point. Simply change it in the top menu.

Note: for the Cursor to Selected snapping you can only use the Bounding Box Center and Median Point options. All other pivot points set the cursor to the default Median Point. And it's only working in Edit Mode, not Object Mode.

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  • $\begingroup$ oh yeah i totally forgot we got those options. thanks for the explanation! $\endgroup$
    – Harry McKenzie ♦
    Commented Jul 13, 2022 at 13:34
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    $\begingroup$ @HarryMcKenzie But it only works exclusively in Edit Mode - if you wanted to do that in Object Mode to get the bounding box center of all objects combined, that doesn't work. $\endgroup$
    – Gordon Brinkmann
    Commented Jul 13, 2022 at 13:37
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I believe it goes to the median point of the coordinates of selected vertices.

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