How to move a mesh without disturbing origin point

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Whenever I try to move a mesh in any direction, the origin point also moves along with it, I am working on a project which is based on particle emanations, so I have to make the origin point glued to its original location.

Can any one help me out for this?

Switch to Edit Mode and try to move the mesh instead of moving the object in Object Mode. — p2or, Jun 10 '15 at 09:34

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:57

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Simplest way is switching to Edit Mode and moving the mesh instead of moving the object in Object Mode, thus the origin stays in place:

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Select the object
Toggle to Edit Mode Tab
Hit A to make sure all vertices/edges/faces are selected
Move the mesh via Grab/Move G or simply use the 3d Manipulators

In order to get precise control about moving the mesh, also see:

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answered Jun 10 '15 at 15:41

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can you help me out here http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/32486/how-to-get-animation-on-rendered-frames – agha rehan abbas Jun 15 '15 at 14:01

brasshat · Answer 2 · 2017-04-30T00:01:24.737

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Before you move your mesh, make sure the 3D cursor is coincident with the origin, by selecting the object, and snapping (using shift+S) the 3D cursor, choosing the "3D cursor to selected" option. Then move the object where you want it, and set the origin using shift+ctrl+alt+c, and selecting the "origin to 3D cursor" option.

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answered Jun 10 '15 at 09:47

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i am trying to mimic this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCEN0qQOsIA but i am struck at 2:30, where he grabs up the cube over z-axis, but the origin point stays where it was earlier, can you now figure out where am i going wrong ??? – agha rehan abbas Jun 10 '15 at 15:18
he hasn't used any of the shortcuts enlisted above but still he does it how ???? – agha rehan abbas Jun 10 '15 at 15:19
i've got the solution, he was in edit mode at that time – agha rehan abbas Jun 10 '15 at 15:42
I think you meant shift+s? – Shavais Apr 29 '17 at 23:28
I think you're right—fixed answer. – brasshat Apr 30 '17 at 00:01

zeffii · Answer 3 · 2015-06-10T11:16:57.510

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Another approach:

move the Object to wherever you want. The origin will move too, don't worry.
put the 3d Cursor where you would like the Origin of that Object to be.
then Object-> Transform -> Origin to 3d Cursor (or pick it from Shift+Ctrl+Alt+C)

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answered Jun 10 '15 at 11:11

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How to move a mesh without disturbing origin point

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