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Questions tagged [origin]

Use this tag for questions about the placement of the object origin, or about the origin in the various coordinate systems such as local and world.

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Save Origin Point in Blender

I have successfully set the pivot point to the 3D cursor. However, when I export the OBJ file and then re-import it, the pivot point is not stabilized. This also happens when I press Ctrl + A and ...
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Cannot reset the center of an object with "Origin to Geometry"

I would like to reset the center reference of the parent object model, but no matter what buttons I clicked, the location reference point is still not at the center. Can anyone please give me some ...
Janna Lin's user avatar
4 votes
1 answer
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Geometry nodes, match rotation/orientation to the edge

I made a GN that captures the dimension of an edge. I'd like to match the rotation of the TEXT(dimension) to the direction of the edge. also how to disable origin orientation. GN: Problem: Desired ...
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Geometry to world origin on load

I'm having a strange issue where my original project is ok, with all its objects in their correct places, with their origins set to the base of each of them, without parentings just collections and no ...
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Keep Operator alive while ending transform?

I'm trying to make a simple blender script that does the following in one click: enables 'use_transform_data_origin' enables 'bpy.ops.transform.translate'. When 'bpy.ops.transform.translate' exited, ...
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Naviswork FBX model is far away frome center

i am working on some AutoCad Naviswork models. These models were exported as FBX, as soon as I import them in blender i think they keep the original location of Naviswork so they are really far away ...
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2 answers
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Picks Origin Cant Move Cube

Absolute newbie here. Blender 3.6 To be used for 3d printing purposes. I installed blender and watched a few videos. When I try to move the cube , it picks the origin instead. I have tried the drop ...
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2 votes
1 answer
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How to loop duplicate one object on top of all selected objects?

How to loop duplicate one object and translate the copy origin on top of the origin of all selected objects (origin position in the belonging objects unchanged) one by one with a python script? Edit ...
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Updating an object's location via the python API (3.1+)

I have been playing around with Blender's python API, this is a function I wrote to update an object's location: ...
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1 answer
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Why does origin point does not follow the armature and the object?

i have a problem when combining my animation with some geometry node that require the origin point as the reference. heres the photo of my origin point getting left behind meanwhile the animation is ...
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2 votes
1 answer
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Imported obj distort when selection to cursor

I am currently working on terrain modeling, and i am importing a rhino file as obj to blender. I do the importing, set origin to geometry and then when trying to selection to cursor, the contour lines ...
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3 votes
1 answer
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Why does the origin disappear in Shading tab?

I have notice that the little dot origin point is not visible in the shading tab editor, why does it disappear? When I go back to modelling or editing it reappears.
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1 answer
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Origin not following its own mesh

I modeled and rigged a body which has a wire wrapped around the leg , a part of the wire is hanging. The top hook has no issue with its origin or empty but the bottom hook does. I hooked each ends of ...
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How to Set the Origin to geometry following a curve

Plane is placed at Point A Curve is placed at Point B Using the Curve modifier, Plane follows the Curve path at Point B, but leaves behind its origin at Point A meaning the only thing at Point A is ...
Ogunlesi Taiwo's user avatar
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How can I reset an objects position, for real this time

I have a recurring problem whenever i try to to something advanced in blender. Whenever i am trying to rotate array around an empty or setup particle systems i will allways get an offset unless i am ...
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