any good way to move multiple shapes with regular API

[Dusty]

Hi
Now I have a simple scene. A plane with multiple shapes on it. Now I'd like to move them all together but keeping them relative position relationship. Is there any simple way to do it with regular API?

[fferri]

Are the shapes static or dynamic?

How do you mean move them all together? Do you want to instantaneously change the position via API (e.g. sim.setObjectPosition)?

So you want to move a group of objects as if it is one object?

[coppelia]

For simple shapes, dynamic or static, you could do something like:

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    sim.setThreadAutomaticSwitch(false) -- only needed if running inside of a threaded child script

    local dummy=sim.createDummy(0.01) -- created at the origin
    sim.setObjectParent(shape1Handle,dummy,true)
    sim.setObjectParent(shape2Handle,dummy,true)
    ...
    sim.setObjectParent(shapeNHandle,dummy,true)
    sim.setObjectPosition(dummy,-1,newPositionForDummy)
    sim.removeObject(dummy)
    
    sim.resetDynamicObject(shape1Handle) -- only needed if shapes are non-static
    sim.resetDynamicObject(shape2Handle) -- only needed if shapes are non-static
    ...
    sim.resetDynamicObject(shapeNHandle) -- only needed if shapes are non-static
    
    sim.setThreadAutomaticSwitch(true) -- only needed if running inside of a threaded child script

Cheers