ComponentDefinition.insertion_point ?

[thomthom]

I'm confused.
I thought ComponentDefinition.insertion_point was the point where the component axis was located. But no. It is not so. In a test component I made where the axis is set to inside the component, .insertion_point returns [0,0,0].

instance.transformation.origin is what I'm after by the looks of it. But that leaves the question of what ComponentDefinition.insertion_point does?

[Chris Fullmer]

EDIT: I think it is something different than that.

Insertion point is the last point that that used as the "move" base on a component. Try this test. Open the component browser. Insert a component into the model. Pay attention to what point on the component is glued to the mouse cursor. Now go to the in model tab, insert that same component. The same spot should be glued to the mouse. Now in the model, move the component by grabbing a different spot on the component. Now insert another instance of the component. The spot most recently used to move the component is what will be glued to the mouse, and it is called the insertion_point.

It seems to only recognize vertices. If I grab and move on a face or edge, it does not rememeber that location on the next component insertion I guess.

Chris

[cjthompson]

it's basically the where the origin is at in the context of the definition.

normally it will always be [0,0,0], but will change to the edit_transform.origin if one of it's instances is in edit mode.

EDIT: it is the last point the user grabbed, not the origin. (see below)