Sliding object along a curve

Question

I have an icosphere and I want to move it following a curve. I want the centre of the icosphere to follow the curve.

I tried snapping, but seemingly this does not work with a curve. My intention is not animation but simply the design of the scene, so movement along a path is not what I want.

you can use a Follow Path constraint but just don't animate it? — moonboots, Jan 12 '22 at 18:57

Benus · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-12T19:57:06.833

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Quickest hacky way of doing this is to convert the curve into a mesh by selecting curve and go to Object > Convert > Mesh.

Then turn on snapping with Snap To edge enabled and Snap With to Center. Make sure Transform Pivot Point is set to Median Point.

edited Jan 12 '22 at 19:57

answered Jan 12 '22 at 19:04

Benus

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I can't reproduce this :( Have converted my curve to Mesh, create a sphere, then G the cursor snaps to the Mesh but the sphere locates just beside – the world is not flat Jan 12 '22 at 19:19
Sorry. Also set Snap With to Center. I'll update my answer. – Benus Jan 12 '22 at 19:20
again, snap with option to center move the sphere even farther ! – the world is not flat Jan 12 '22 at 19:21
Is the Origin of the sphere in the center of the mesh? – Benus Jan 12 '22 at 19:23
It works first time with a new sphere, then anytime I want to move it along the "curve" it move away (yes Origin of Sphere at center of the geometry) – the world is not flat Jan 12 '22 at 19:26
Can you upload a gif/video of what's happening? Or upload the blend to https://pasteall.org/blend/ – Benus Jan 12 '22 at 19:29
Let us continue this discussion in chat. – the world is not flat Jan 12 '22 at 19:39

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 12 '22 at 19:10

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As Moonboots wrote, just use Follow path constraint and don't tap on "animate path". You can define your position by sliding the offset:

answered Jan 12 '22 at 19:10

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I can only upvote this fantastic idea!!!! – moonboots Jan 12 '22 at 19:38
Well actually it was just my own idea. Nobody else could ever ever EEEEVER have this gorgious idea which for sure beats Einsteins E = mc2 (sorry cannot make little 2) and all these other stupids men ideas!!!! ‍♂️ – Chris Jan 12 '22 at 19:44
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please, Einstein was so wrong with his ridiculous E=MC2 – moonboots Jan 12 '22 at 19:51
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plus I know only one MC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCpCn0l4Wo – moonboots Jan 12 '22 at 19:53
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you don't know MCDonalds!? ‍♂️ i can't tou...believe this!!! – Chris Jan 12 '22 at 20:03
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Here store this artifact in your equipment, so you can use it later: ² – Markus von Broady Jan 12 '22 at 20:12
i put it in my safe - this is the most valuable i ever got here....sniff.... – Chris Jan 12 '22 at 20:17

Sliding object along a curve

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