How do I copy an object's position (or other transform), and paste it to another object?

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How do I copy the location of an object and paste it into another object?

I could copy the x/y/z etc one at a time but this is very laborious.

This seemed to be a simple question, but I couldn't find anything on SO.

moonboots · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-16T09:15:59.070

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Select the object you want to copy the location from then ShiftS > Cursor to Selected then select the object(s) you want to move and ShiftS > Selection to Cursor:

Or select the object(s) that you want to move, Shift select the one with the good location, right click on the location values > Copy All to Selected:

edited Jan 16 '23 at 09:15

answered Jan 15 '23 at 09:54

moonboots

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Thanks! I forgot about this question, but just noticed it's a "Popular Question" so I accepted your answer. Josh's answer was good too, I didn't upvote it because it involved an addon. For a popular question though, I'm amazed you don't have more upvotes. – J. Gwinner Oct 18 '23 at 19:40
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It may be already answered somewhere in Blender Stack Exchange ;) – moonboots Oct 18 '23 at 19:57
Probably is, but searching for it gave no hits when I first asked this (which may be me), so my guess is the search algorithms are dumping more people here. – J. Gwinner Oct 18 '23 at 21:15

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 15 '23 at 11:21

In addition to theese responses, I recommend this useful built in addon: "Animation: Copy Global Transform", which is very fast and useful, expecially during animation, as it takes into account constraints also, with a simple Copy/paste operation.

https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/3.5/addons/animation/copy_global_transform.html

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 16 '23 at 07:22

Most searches will show you how to copy an armature / bone location.

There is an add on, that's 'built-in' but not activated that makes the process simple.

Go to Edit->Preferences, then Add-ons, then search for "attrib".

Enable the Interface: Copy Attributes Menu.

The interface is a tad strange if you're used to "object/verb". You select both objects - the 'first' one is the one that'll move, oddly - then type Ctrl+c then choose what transforms you want pasted.

It's not 'copy and paste' it's select the items then copy the location from active (last selected) element to all others selected.

Thanks for the clarification @josh – J. Gwinner Jan 17 '23 at 21:22 — J. Gwinner, Jan 17 '23 at 21:22

How do I copy an object's position (or other transform), and paste it to another object?

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