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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Can only move object origin in object mode, cant move the mesh
I can only move the origin point of the mesh that I selected in object mode, but not the whole mesh
Did I set anything up by accident?
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Origins to the down of the object by default
Is there a way to make the origin of any new object appear by default at the lowest point of that object?
The center of the lowest face for a cube, for example. It's very uncomfortable to transform ...
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How to Change the Origin when moving a Collection Instance
I have created an Collection Instance, when I try to move it, the origin(to snap at vertices or edges) is far away from the object, I want to set it.
In the image, the Collection Instance is selected,...
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Setting mesh's origin in python (2.8)
If I create a cube, the origin is originally at the center of mass. I know how to move the origin to the center of one of its faces using the interface, but how can I do the same thing via Python?
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Shortcut for setting origin to vertex
I find myself doing the following quite often:
go into edit mode
select a single vertex
press Space to enter the search menu
type cur
select ...
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Black Dotted line? [duplicate]
New to Blender what is this black dotted line indicating?. No other objects have it when i select them. I tried setting origin to 3d cursor but th eline is still there?.
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How can you move the origin at the base of object? [duplicate]
How can you move the origin at the base of object and not set the origin to geometry ?
(A follow-up question to this one: How can I place multiple objects on the mesh?)
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Object Transform Origin to Geometry Floor
I have about 400 different Plant models. I need the origin to be at the very bottom of the plant so I can plant them at the correct height when I export them to Unity. Is there a faster way to do this ...
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Vertex Parented empties become offset after Set Origin to 3D cursor?
As you can see on this gif, I have a mesh composed of a bunch of vertices (divided in ~15 parts). Each vertex as an empty parented to it.
It's only when I finished the parenting part that I realised ...
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Is there a quick way to set the origin to the "bottom centre"? [duplicate]
From my experience, it seems that a lot of times when I scaling an object, I would want the bottom of the object stays as it is. For example, think about scaling a lamp on a desk. If I scale the lamp, ...
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FBX files from 3D Studio Max imports with wrong transforms
Files (in my case sourced from CAD) look ok in 3d Studio Max and Unity, but in Blender, all transforms and origins are wrong (it looks exploded, basically).
I've found two people with the same ...
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randomize falling pattern of an array
I'm having some issues with the simulated animation from learning blender. specifically my arrays of 30mm vulcan bullets, they all fall too uniformly perfect. The tips come off all at same time and ...
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Align origin and axis to custom vertices
Let's say you have some vertices which are places randomly in space.
You want the origins to be aligned based on these vertices. I struggled a lot with it previously
so I want to share the easy method ...
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How can I position the object origin precisely on a specific axis?
I'm a newbie and again, I'm here with my stupid question as usual.
As you can see here I try to make a door right, and I trying to move the origin point of this door into the middle of the bottom of ...
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