Object Constraints / Blender

This page contains the information about Blender's object constraints which can be used with Verge3D.

• Constraints and Settings
  • Copy Location
  • Copy Rotation
  • Copy Scale
  • Copy Transforms
  • Limit Distance
  • Limit Location
  • Limit Rotation
  • Limit Scale
  • Transformation
  • Damped Track
  • Track To
  • Locked Track
  • Child Of
  • Floor
  • Follow Path
• Use with Puzzles

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Constraints and Settings

Below are are listed Blender object constraints that can be used with Verge3D. The parameters supported by Verge3D are overlaid with green color.

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Copy Location

This constraint forces the object to which it is applied to have the same location as its target.

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Copy Rotation

This constraint forces the object to which it is applied to match the rotation of its target.

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Copy Scale

This constraint forces the object to which it is applied to match the scale of its target.

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Copy Transforms

This constraint forces the object to which it is applied to have the same transforms as its target.

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Limit Distance

This constraint forces its owner to stay either further from, nearer to, or exactly at a given distance from its target.

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Limit Location

This constraint restricts the amount of allowed translations along each axis, through lower and upper bounds.

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Limit Rotation

This constraint restricts the amount of allowed rotations around each axis, through lower and upper bounds.

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Limit Scale

This constraint restricts the amount of allowed scalings along each axis, through lower and upper bounds.

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Transformation

This constraint allows to connect one type of transform property (location, rotation, or scale) of the target object to the same or a different type of transform property in the owner object.

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Damped Track

This constraint constrains one local axis of the owner to always point towards Target. This constraint uses a pure Swing rotation, i.e. the shortest possible single axis rotation. In other 3D software you can find it with the name “Look at” constraint.

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Track To

This constraint applies rotations to its owner, so that it always points a given To axis towards its target, with another Up axis permanently maintained as much aligned with the global Z axis as possible. Thus you can implement billboarding with this constraint.

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Locked Track

This constraint works similar to Track To constraint, but with a locked axis.

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Child Of

This is the constraint version of the standard parent/children relationship between objects.

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Floor

This constraint allows you to use its target as a plane where the owner cannot go.

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Follow Path

This constraint allows you to move an object along the curve.

Animate Path button is not supported, instead directly animate curve by keyframes.

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Use with Puzzles

All constraints, once assigned in Blender and exported, can be removed, muted or ummuted with a puzzle. Unlike in Blender, a removed/muted constraint does not reset the object - this puzzle just leaves the object with the same transform it had just before removing or muting.

In addition, Limit/Copy Location/Rotation/Scale constraints can be assigned at runtime with puzzles.

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