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bcallaghan asked David Seo commented

Combining models into single model

I have a few walls that I want to combine into a single model object so that I can rotate it and position it without having to move each part individually. Thoughts?

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Jason Lightfoot avatar image Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented ·

Are they FlexSim Wall objects - from the Visual section:

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Is it just the walls? (If so I will dig out a script that can write the definitions to a table and recreate them in one model).

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bcallaghan avatar image bcallaghan Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented ·

The original model was a cube but i upload a glass wall visual. That may mess with it though

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Jason Lightfoot answered David Seo commented

That sounds like it could be a task for an external CAD/modelling tool.

However if it's just to move as a group and rotate then you can add them to a visual tool or add them as drawsurrogate objects.

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bcallaghan avatar image bcallaghan commented ·

Unfortunately that's what I was thinking as well. I can select numerous parts using ctrl and then clicking each part, but unable to rotate together.

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Jason Lightfoot avatar image Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ bcallaghan commented ·
In the animation editor try adding them as drawsurrogate objects - it might be good enough depending on how you want to manipulate it afterwards.
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David Seo avatar image David Seo bcallaghan commented ·
@bcallaghan If you can use 23 update 2, USD object will be likely to be a solution.
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