Hi
V5
Rather than have to keep choosing Move and entering the same figures, is there a repeat last move command ?
e.g I move something R 21,5
I need to do this a few times on items that are not pickable all at once, I wish for some command I can give a keyboard shortcut to perhaps and repeat the last move.
Steve
It’s called a script.
Pretty easy button to make.
Or you could change one of your Nudge increments to 21.5 temporarily.
One way is to assign a macro to say F4:
The macro is:
! _Move _Pause 0 w21,5,0
! = Escape so it terminates other running commands, if any.
_ = English name for the command, so the macro also can run on German or French Rhinos.
Pause = wait for input or continue if objects are preselected
0 = origin (0,0,0)
W=worldcoordinates.
Now each time you hit F4 it will move any objects R21,5,0 units. Or if no objects are selected it will prompt you to select them and then do the automated move.
Rhino remembers the last distance you moved, but not a relative coordinate move.
–Mitch
Hi,
I want it to to operate on any distance, the code looks like it will be that distance of 21,5 ?
If I get hold of an object and move it to the right 10mm, then get hold of another 20mm to left of that last object, will it move this one 10mm or 30mm ? asking of the relative and not relative.
I want 10mm.
next move I drag something 50mm, if I want the next move also 50mm…I shall use F4 maybe and so on.
it must work for any distance without me ahving to edit the code in any way.
Steve
Try it and see. You might be pleased 
What ever the last move distance was, that will be the default for the next move. You just need to supply a direction.
Ok tried it.
I have put this for key F4 as shown by Holo.
drew two squares, moved the first one 5mm x y 0 mm by simply dragging using Move command, selected next one and hit F4 and it didnt move the same amount, it did what was 21x and 5 y I needed that time 5mm
Steve
Then just use move. What ever the last move distance was, that will be the default for the next move distance. In this case, after your 5mm move, call move again, select the object to move, select the start point, now you will see on the command line “Point to move to <5>:” if you hit enter here, the move will be constrained to 5mm, now you pick the direction. If you want a macro for this (I don’t know how useful it would be, but you seem set on making it a macro), it would be ! _Move _Pause 0 _Enter
Hi,
replaced F4 macro with ! _Move _Pause 0 _Enter
move first box 5mm
select next box
hit F4
command line says point to move to, the cursor has a white line appear going to 0,0 with a cursor on it not quite at 0,0
I have osnaps disabled, smartrack disabled. project obviously disabled.
the box hasnt moved.
there is one that has gone lower left.
tried this several times, just cant get the next box to also move 5mm right.
Steve
What you would need is a “move multiple times” script that stores that info unless a new is entered.
But why would you need to do this so many times? Could you not select a bunch of objects and just move once?
I can imagine you need to select a lot of small stuff, that takes time to pick, if that is the case I can show you some powerful selection techniques.
I tried this and rhino is waiting for you to select a direction for the move.
do a normal move
run the macro, and your object should move the previous distance in the direction of your curser. you just have to click on the screen in the direction you want to move in.
I do this all the time. I don’t use a macro, however. I just hit the spacebar for repeat and click the screen in the direction I want to go, hit enter(or right-click), click to pick a direction and the same move is made.
It’s not very intuitive…
Hi,
Is there no way that Rhino can remember the direction in 3D space and allow me to select the next object and move it the same xyz distance and direction ?
I tried the space bar methid, but struggled to get direction indicated as other things were pulling at my cursor, a remembering of the xyz to apply to the next item clicked would be perfect.
Command called RptLastMove
for such times when I cant select all bits at one go and move en masse.
Steve
As a workaround I suggest to construct a line that represents the move you want to perform and use Osnap to the edgepoints of this auxiliary geometry to repeat moves as often as you want.
It has the added bonus that this can be saved with the file.
Another solution would be with the Gumball and a custom C-Plane
Good catch.
Making the last translation stick was the best addition to gumball’s functionality imho.
Hi,
V5
Can someone create a code I can make a button for ?
This command is so fundamental to me, it would truly save a lot of effort. Where I need to move things isn’t always x y or z planes, its as the crow flies, I use gumball very little, I can never get on with it.
Steve
Hi,
V5
Yet again I am needing to repeat the last move again and again and again.
PLEEEEEEEZE …Can someone create a code I can make a button for ?
This command is so fundamental to me, it would truly save a lot of effort. Where I need to move things isn’t always x y or z planes, its as the crow flies, I use gumball very little, I can never get on with it.
Steve
As far as I know, there is no good way to do this, as Rhino does not store the most recent move translation vector anywhere where a script can access it. Not even in V7.
Hi,
V5
rats and other such words !
I am having to do the move once, using r x and y value, carefully highlight that R data, not easy,
then select the rest, run move, pastem ctrl click the rest less the one that is now in the new location, hit enter, ctrl V, deslect last one, repeat move etc etc.
Steve
