[Closed] moving object along local axis ?

Jun 04, 2009 2:17 pm

Hi guyz,

I have been trying to figure, how to get the local position of any object?

Basically i wanted to move an object along one of it’s local axis to align it to another object.But no way could i figure the values of the target objects local positions.

I have searched here and found in another thread on node transformations, but couldnt really decrypt it.

Can some one please simplify this.

Another doubt i came up with is, how the hell do one access the align tools options in 3dsmax. That could solve all the above issues i have.

Thanks.

6 Replies

j-man

Jun 04, 2009 2:17 pm

Hello!

I may mis-understand a little…

what is an objects local position? [0,0,0]?

have a read in the MXS help about ‘applying standard transformation’ and also about the coordsys context

As for accessing the align tool, it doesn’t work like that. You can explicitly get and set the positions and rotations of objects, so if you wanted to align one object to the maximum x of another:


b1=box()
b2=box()
b1.pos.x=b2.max.x

Am I missing the point of your question?

Josh.

Ruramuq

Jun 04, 2009 2:17 pm

Local = relative to itself
its the parent space that matters

$.pos = ([0,0,50] * $Box01.transform)
in coordsys Local $.pos += [0,0,50]

matrices works in parent space ($.transform = world)

su37

Jun 04, 2009 2:17 pm

Hi,PiXeL_MoNKeY

This approach can solve the problem temporarily,But if c:\ have four hundred jpg files

I will write if (lh == “wood”),if (lh == “wood”),if (lh == ” “)…,Too much trouble,Do have a better solution ?

su37

Jun 04, 2009 2:17 pm

Sorry, I made a mistake

HuaMuLan

Jun 04, 2009 2:17 pm

alt + a then pick the object you want . and align options pop up . cheers[left]xLDen>zh GoogleDicC
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