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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How to change Pivot position when applying Curve Modifier?
I've been having problems with my object pivots, every time I apply Curve Modifiers, the pivot randomize its position. This really complicates my animation process, is there a way to center the pivot ...
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I cant get my origin back on my armature automatically
I am trying to apply origin to geometry but it ends up being offset. I moved it back to the center of the armature manually but this created an undesirable result when trying to use the symmetrize ...
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Set Origin to a specific vertex
I need some help with my script. The main task is to move the origin to the position of a certain vertex. In theory this works quite well, but unfortunately the meshes are always moved after i run the ...
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How to align the rotation of the origin with the rotation of object itself (Align/Sync edit mode origin rotation with object mode rotation)
i would like to realise a simple thing but im afraid the answer isnt that easy. i'm googeling for days now and cant seem to find an answer. So i created an object with geometry nodes, curve to mesh ...
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How can I extrude a plane along this circle?
I've followed various array and extrusion tutorials but can't work this out. The Cowling needs to have a certain depth as I want to 3D print it. If I start with a Bezier curve, I can't seem to make it ...
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How results the values of the x-, y-, z-location and the placement in the world-origin of a .shp-file in Blender(GIS)?
After importing a .shp-file in BlenderGIS (Blender 3.6.2 and BlenderGIS 2.2.10) with correct crs, the orange dot (?) has a location, which is not in the world-origin.
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Mesh from Curve: Object origin rotation not aligned with rotation of object
Object origin rotation not aligned with rotation of object after converting curve to mesh. Also see attached .blend file. is this a bug or is there something I'm missing in geometry nodes ?
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problem with the origin when exporting the object
I am working with .glb files. Within blender if I change the origin of the object, export it and re-open it in blender everything seems to go as it should and this is retained. However, if I open the ...
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Object location in render determined by offset to it's origin point
I am only able to successfully translate a change in location in the viewport to the render, either by moving the object in edit mode, thereby not affecting it's origin point, or by resetting it's ...
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Create volume cube around object with equal padding from bounding box center?
I want to create a volume cube around an object with equal padding from the center of the bounding box of the object. Ideally, this would be a single value input (ie. "padding amount").
The ...
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How to quickly select object vertex and snap that object to another object vertex
When using AutoDesk Inventor, there is a option called "Grip Snap" where you select a point. Go to another object and select a point. You then move the original object to where you selected.
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How to unsnap/ detach the pivot point from the 3d cursor
I have tried to search up on this but none of the tutorial I find helps on my situation. The solution I have tried: options in the “Set origin” and options in the “Snap” in the object panel.
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How to align the center of object to the blender origin?
I know its a simple question, but I can't able to find out the answer anywhere. I got a .blend file from a customer and while checking it is not aligned with the origin. it has some offset. I need to ...
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Origin not visible in perspective projection
I am new to blender. I am running blender 3.4.1 (from Debian repos) on Debian 12.
If I start from scratch (New File > General) I won't see the origin (orange dot) of the activated cube, although ...
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How can I export a .obj single object's vertices relative to Object origin instead of World Origin?
When I move the default cube -10m on the X-axis and export the object as .obj, I get values for the cube's mesh relative to the ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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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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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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?
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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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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 ...
