#attaching lots o' obj's
9 messages in this thread
Is there a way to attach a selected set of objects to another object? The only
way I have found is to attach them one by one…
-Tyler
G'day Tyler,
I have been through this problem many times, but try this little trick
for attaching LOTS of objects together.
1. Select EVERY object you want to attach together including the object to be
attached to.
2. Make sure the selected button is highlighted (hit the space bar to toggle on
and off)
3. Hold down the Shift key and do a "Modify/Object/Move" If the selected light
is on, you will be moving all selected objects, and by holding the shift key,
you will be making a copy.
4. When you finish the move you will get a dialog box asking whether to copy to
multiple objects or a single object. Choose SINGLE.
5. Make sure the Selected light is still on and do a "Modify/Object/Delete to
delete all of the old separate parts.
This is the easy way to create one object out of many!
-Hope this helps!
-Peter
Excellent! Should've thought of that one myself…thanks :).
You can select the objects to be attached, and do a create/face/detach.
LAM
Another good method I should have thought of! Thanks Larry. 🙂
Tyler:
I usually do this with the 'H' hot key.
– Bob Ritger
>I usually do this with the 'H' hot key.
Thanks for the reply Bob. This doesn't work since you can't tag multiple items
in the object list using the H key.
Tyler:
I wasn't trying to imply that you could do all objects at once with the 'H'
key.
I've gotten pretty used to toggling to do a bunch of operations in a row. Some
things are easier to go about selecting with various mouse clicks but with a
decent naming convention I am quicker with the keyboard shortcuts. There are a
bunch of ways to skin this cat.
– Bob Ritger
>…There are a bunch of ways to skin this cat.
True story. Thanks for the input.
-Tyler