How do I precisely postion in 3 axes?

Khai

I'm probably being dense and missing this.

I want to place an object precisely in 3 axes. for this question they are - x -.096 Z 1.678 and y -3.301 this matches up on another model I have in trueSpace thats just to large to import into Sketchup. my idea was that by matching the center point of this pipe's face I can then build the next section in Sketchup and export that out to tS.

but, I can't seem to just enter the co-ordinates I need easily. is it really try and position this from the origin and move it axes by axes into place or can I just enter the 3 co-ord's in and bam I'm there?

remus

You can do it by putting in the co-ordinate you want:

Select everything you want to move
Pick the move tool and start the move from the point you want at your co-ordinates
type [x coordinate,y coordinate,z coordinate] then press enter

Khai

told you I was being dense..

thanks!

Gaieus

What Remus says - if you are on an English keyboard (which I suppose as you are using dots as decimal separators). In your particular case (with your example) it would look:
[-.096,-3.301,1.678]
Note that the order is always x,y,z

Khai

thanks guys thats working

now I just have to account for differing Axes notation....