why do multiple objects move apart when i'm moving them??

[gmask]

Delete their construction history

[BillyA]

hi, can anyone please help me understand why it is when i'm moving a group of objects (multiple objects slected at once) and try to move them across the scene they break formation and start spreading out??

i've tried grouping the objects which doesn't help.

any help is appreciated.

You could be getting double transform if any of the selcted objects are children of any of the other objects you have selected, in which case simply deselect the children, moving the parents will move the children with them ...

[Emil3d]

Said in other words:

Double transform = 2 forces are moving certain objects at the same time - you and their parents or creators.

Either:
- you only move the parents/creators and they move their children/creations.
or
- unparent/delete the history to kill the relationship and only you directly move all of them.

[TSB]

excellent. thanks.

sorry bout the double post too.

[sparaig]

Said in other words:

Double transform = 2 forces are moving certain objects at the same time - you and their parents or creators.

Either:
- you only move the parents/creators and they move their children/creations.
or
- unparent/delete the history to kill the relationship and only you directly move all of them.

A faster way is to group everything, move the group, ungroup.

[sparaig]

A faster way is to group everything, move the group, ungroup.

In order to preserve hierarchies, first click the "select by hierarchy" button, THEN group. When you're done, ungroup, and go back to select by object (if that is your normal way of doing things, of course).

[sparaig]

In order to preserve hierarchies, first click the "select by hierarchy" button, THEN group. When you're done, ungroup, and go back to select by object (if that is your normal way of doing things, of course).

Silly me. If you choose "select by hierarchy" you don't have to group. Just switch to "select by hierarchy," select everything, do your transform, and then go back to "select by object." This works for translations, but you'll need to group first if you want to rotate about the center of the selected objects. Not sure how it determines the group center when you have hierarchies selected so be careful.

[coccosoids]

:) this post saved me countless hours of trial & error...

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