My current script will place a block at the closest point on a line when given an input object. What I’d like to do is move the chosen object to that closest point instead of creating a new block reference and I feel like I’ve gotten pretty close in my attempts but I think coordinate systems are tri…

Thus the vector method I’ve been trying from the start, yes? For future reference here’s the solution I came up with should someone else inevitably run into this conundrum: [image] generate a vector from the beginning location and the destination create an “empty” CoordinateSystem translate the…

Hi See this [image] Block basepoint extraction/manipulation? Civil3D there is already Object.Transform that is supposed to do exactly that… [image]

Hi @glasnoct , This explanation might help. [image] Modifying an existing block Civil3D Hey Andrew, You could use the Object.Transform node for this. The coordinateSystem input can be a little confusing, but here’s how it works. Say you create a coordinate system with it…

I saw that thread in my searches prior but the move is relative to the current location. How do I move the object to a specified model space coordinate or compute a coordinate system that results in moving the block to the model space coordinate? That was my attempt with the vector but it doesn’t pr…

You’d need to figure out the X and Y shift from the current location to the desired location and then create the transform coordinate system with the origin located at those coordinates. Example: Current location = (100, 100) Desired location = (20, 20) Origin of transform coordinate system = (…

[image] glasnoct: Thus the vector method I’ve been trying from the start, yes? Yes, but I think the issue was that you were translating the coordinate system of the block reference to its desired location instead of creating a new coordinate system with the shift. Here’s an equivalent method …

Moving an object from one point to another

Civil 3D

mzjensen February 18, 2022, 6:29pm 3

Hi @glasnoct,

This explanation might help.

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Moving an object from one point to another

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