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Is there a way to teleport an object to another object?

DafaDafa Posts: 97
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Let's say I want an object like a Phone that's spawned into the scene at zero position...and instead of me manually dragging the phone across the scene to a Gen 8 character I want the phone to magically teleport to the G8's hand. Is there a way where I can specifically "teleport" the item to their hand and then I'll handle the rotations and whatever need be. 

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  • AscaniaAscania Posts: 1,855

    Use the Align tool.

  • macleanmaclean Posts: 2,438

    Parent it to the hand, then zero all Trans/Rot settings (Parameters> Menu> Zero>). Then position it.

  • DafaDafa Posts: 97
    Ascania said:

    Use the Align tool.

    How would I use the Align Tool to do what I want?

    maclean said:

    Parent it to the hand, then zero all Trans/Rot settings (Parameters> Menu> Zero>). Then position it.

    Thanks, I'll try it out!

  • thd777thd777 Posts: 943
    edited July 2020
    Dafa said:
    Ascania said:

    Use the Align tool.

    How would I use the Align Tool to do what I want?

    Easy:

    1. Open the Align pane (from Windows -> panes)

    2. Set the X-, Y-, Z-Axis menus to "Align:Centers"

    3. Select your target node, for example the G8M hand. It should now be listed as "Keynode" in the Align pane

    4. Now use Ctrl-select to add the prop or props you want to move to the selection

    5. Click the Apply button and done!

    Ciao

    TD

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  • DafaDafa Posts: 97
    thd777 said:

    Easy:

    1. Open the Align pane (from Windows -> panes)

    2. Set the X-, Y-, Z-Axis menus to "Align:Centers"

    3. Select your target node, for example the G8M hand. It should now be listed as "Keynode" in the Align pane

    4. Now use Ctrl-select to add the prop or props you want to move to the selection

    5. Click the Apply button and done!

    Ciao

    TD

    Cool thanks!

  • mwasielewski1990mwasielewski1990 Posts: 343

    I have a different method but i'm not sure it will work all the time:

    1) Make sure you have your Gen 8 selected in Scene Tab, and Parameters tab (where X Y Z rotations etc are) is your active/selected tab

    2) Hit CTRL + C

    3) Now select the phone in scene tab

    4) Hit CTRL + V

    This should copy the X Y Z position and rotation of the Gen 8 to the Phone. You would have to align the phone manually to hand, but you don't have to drag it through all the scene :D

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