Another easy question...

[Aren Voorhees]

Hi there,

I am looking for a way to move an object to a specific location in world space.  I tried this with xform() and move(), but so far I can only figure out how to move objects a certain number of units from where it currently is.  Instead, I want to move the object TO a specific place, regardless of where it is currently.  

For example, say I have an object somewhere in the world with it's transformations frozen and I want to to move it to, say exactly [10,0,0].  If anyone could give me a nudge in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it!  

Thanks,

Aren

[Eduardo Grana]

Hello Aren,

Maybe you want to try using the flags -a for aboslute and -ws for worldspace in your move command,

for example:

import maya.cmds as mc
sphere = 'pSphere1'
mc.move(0,10,0, sphere, a=1, ws=1)

# this should move your sphere to 0,10,0 in worldspace

Cheers!
Eduardo

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[Marcus Ottosson]

Take care when freezing transformations, the translate values you had in the channel box are moved to the pivots of your object, making it seem as though its off the center of the world.

To be really sure where you're moving your objects to and from using worldspace values, make sure you clear out these attributes:

- pCube1.rotatePivot

- pCube1.scalePivot

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[Aren Voorhees]

Great, I think I got it working.  Thank you both!