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Need to move a complex scene.

AVU4UAVU4U Posts: 67
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I have a large 3d scene with many parts, lights and cameras. I need to move all of this together in the viewport so that it lines up with another large 3d scene. How can I group the one scene so that I can move it to line up with the other. I have samples of the two rendered scens attached. Specificly I want to line up the entrance with the inside entrance. I tried to select all the objects in the inside and then move them to where the entrance on the inside lines up with the entrance from the outside shown in the sample . I was abble to select all objects on the inside, but none of them would move. I then tried to group all objects on the inside, but once everything was in a Group all objects were thrown helter skelter. I tried to do this with a Null also and the same thing happened. Any help would be appreciated.

Incidentaly you can view what these images are part of here. My graphic novel The Nocturnes:    http://avu4u.com/nocturnes.html

Inside Z Test.jpg
2100 x 1352 - 1015K
Club Street Z Test.jpg
2100 x 1147 - 961K
Z intrance Test.jpg
2100 x 1352 - 649K

Comments

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001

    Depending on the 'set' used, it may already be grouped...and that could be why it goes crazy when you try to do it.  Or it could be a series of items parented to each other and you need to preserve that set up, or things will go wild.

     

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583

    In the Scene pane select all the items, then click the optione menu (rectangle with horizontal lines in the upper corner) > Create > New Group

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001
    Fixmypcmike said:

    In the Scene pane select all the items, then click the optione menu (rectangle with horizontal lines in the upper corner) > Create > New Group

    Unless they are already parented to something else...if they are, there's good chance that will unparent them from the original.  I just had that problem last night...with groups I originally put together.  All you need to do is select the 'root' item of the parented stuff...if it's a null or something, just the null.  It doesn't separate complete figures, that have been saved as figures/props.

  • AVU4UAVU4U Posts: 67
    Fixmypcmike said:

    In the Scene pane select all the items, then click the optione menu (rectangle with horizontal lines in the upper corner) > Create > New Group

    Thankyou FixMyPcMike. This did the trick.

     

  • Spacewarper7Spacewarper7 Posts: 140

    This is another one i must definitely remember. i'd have loved to have known this before now!

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