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Get position of an attached object

I'm attaching a box to an editable poly.

endBox = (Box length:0 width:0 pos:loc)
anchorBox.attach(endBox) anchorBox

I'm trying to, now that it's attached to anchorBox, get the location of endBox. Is this possible? I tried anchorBox.endBox.pos but that doesn't work. Doesn't seem to be an answer to this question anywhere.

Thanks!

Edit: I just discovered that attaching deletes the object endBox. Is there a way to do this so I can attach it but still preserve the object so I can keep track of the coordinates?

Solution

  • Maybe it's better to parent the endbox? So you'll have an hierarchy and endbox will follow anchorbox?

    Endbox.parent = anchorbox

    No you can just query the endbox for it's position or transform.

    endbox.position
in coordsys world endbox.position
in coordsys parent endbox.position

    etc