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      simsek006 Newcomers
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      Hello everyone,

      I am very new to Sketchup. I am an experienced blender user and I was just wondering if there is a similar menu/panel that I am missing. So, instead of choosing an object/component/etc and moving it from point -a- to point -b-, is there any panel where I can manually enter its location, similar to what Blender has like the attached image?

      What I am ultimately trying to do is writing a script(?) that moves the selected object to the world origin. I don't know if that is the right place to ask but how would you go about doing that?


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      • Rich O BrienR Online
        Rich O Brien Moderator
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        Select Move Tool and then object (or vice versa) then start the move operation and type [2,2,2] to move the object 2 units the XYZ respectively.

        Watch the VCB panel bottom right as you type. When you press [ then the closing ] will also appear saving you 1 extra input.

        Append the unit type to move the object i.e. [2m,2m,2m] or [2",2",2"] etc

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          simsek006 Newcomers
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          Thanks a lot for your reply, much appreciated! I have some complicated components that after selecting the -Move Tool-, I am not able to find/choose the origin of the component as it is snapping to many other faces, edges and whatnot. That's why I am looking for a ruby script that I can run after selecting the component and it will automatically move it to 0,0,0 by the component's origin point.

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