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I am new to blender 2.50. I would like to position a group of objects to a precise location. To do this I do the following:

  1. Click 'N' to make sure the options panel is visible.
  2. SHIFT - RMB (shift right mouse button) on the elements I want to reposition.
  3. Click the 'G' key to start a move operation.
  4. Click the 'x' key to reposition in the right direction.
  5. Now I can drag/shift drag/control drag/shift control drag (not sure how these decide on the increments to use, maybe someone can clarify).
  6. Now 'x' varies for the group in the option panel. If I click on the options panel to set x to exactly 3.0 for example, blender moves only one object and not the whole group of objects.

So what can I do to place the group of objects precisely to x=3.0 (dragging or shift/ctrl/shift ctrl dragging only sets approximate values for the x coordinate of the group).

Thanks,

John Goche

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  1. select all your objects, make the one you want to position the active object
  2. press ctrl+p for parenting
  3. press 'N', enter your coordinates
  4. press alt+p and select "clear and keep transform" to get rid of the parenting again
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OK, I think I've found a way to do what I wanted.

In object mode, I shift right mouse button click the parts I want to absolute position together and hit the CTRL-J keyboard key combination. This combines the separate meshes into one so that they can be absolute positioned together.

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  • Thanks for sharing... It sounds like you create a group out of the objects you want to place in a precise location... Is this correct? If so, once you create the group, how do you place them at X=3? – JeffG Mar 16 '12 at 00:07