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Tanner Chow2
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Hi guys,

I am trying to copy tubes on a grid but i need the tubes to “start” on the grid instead of halfway like in the image. How can I do it?

Thanks!

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PradeepBarua
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Change pivot of tube centre to bottom.
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PradeepBarua
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Or translate it up using transform SOP.
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mandrake0
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like PradeepBarua sad. here is a example.

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Tanner Chow2
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ike PradeepBarua sad. here is a example.

Thank you all for the help!

I know about this method and I tried it and it works, before this thread but because I want to see if there's other way besides this.

Once again thanks for the help
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gotchee
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Another way could be to put down a transform SOP after your tube or whatever object and in the x, y or z translate type in the corresponding “-$XMIN”, “-$YMIN” or “-$ZMIN”-Expression depending on the global alignment of the object and the normals on the copy template.

In case of a tube use the z-channel

That way, no matter what input geo you have, the lowest point of the geometry sits on the ground.

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MoveCenterToOrigin.hipnc (66.7 KB)

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