Creating a object placement system similar to SCP-3008

[RadiatedExodus (Maidenless)]

I’ve been trying to create a object grab and placement system similar to the one in SCP-3008, I was able to create target detection, hold trigger, and highlighting (outline), however one big issue I’ve encountered is trying to position the object.

I do not know how, I’ve already tried searching the Developer Forum however none of the posts that came up on the search was the behavior I desire, and adding on the fact that I lack knowledge on using CFrames makes this more difficult.

I’m not really asking for you to provide code, I’m just asking, how should I achieve this?

[RadiatedExodus (Maidenless)]

If you want to know what I currently have for the movement, it’s this but as you can see it’s definitely not similar to the one in SCP-3008 and it’s stuck on one axis (I believe?)

DevForum post 2168492 - Video 1

local function TranslateMousePosTo3dSpace(blacklist: {BasePart}, directionMultiplier: number?)
	local MouseRay = workspace.CurrentCamera:ViewportPointToRay(Mouse.X, Mouse.Y)
	local MouseRaycastParam = RaycastParams.new()
	MouseRaycastParam.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Blacklist
	MouseRaycastParam.FilterDescendantsInstances = blacklist
	return workspace:Raycast(MouseRay.Origin, MouseRay.Direction * (directionMultiplier or 1000), MouseRaycastParam)
end

--// CurrentTarget = The current object being held (can be a model or part)
--//  CurrentTargetBlacklist = Table with target part(s)
local RaycastResult = TranslateMousePosTo3dSpace(CurrentTargetBlacklist, 2000)
if (not RaycastResult) then return end
CurrentTarget:PivotTo(CFrame.new(Vector3.new(RaycastResult.Position.X, RaycastResult.Position.Y, RaycastResult.Position.Z)))

For reference, heres the one in SCP-3008:

DevForum post 2168492 - Video 2 (SCP-3008 Reference)

[ItzBloxyDev]

You might want to try making it non cancollide and anchored as your moving it to avoid making it run into stuff and move away from mouse.

[RadiatedExodus (Maidenless)]

For some reason, doing this makes the object fling

Nevermind found the cause

This requires a part infront of the player if I use raycast, I want it to be placeable only at a set distance and be able to hover it to the air

[RadiatedExodus (Maidenless)]

I’ve found the following code positions the part to the center of the mouse: (the CFrame.Angles is for orientation reset)

CurrentTarget:PivotTo(CFrame.new(Vector3.new(Mouse.Hit.X, Mouse.Hit.Y, Mouse.Hit.Z)) * CFrame.Angles(0, 0, 0))

Now I need a way to make it to be at a specific distance only

[RadiatedExodus (Maidenless)]

As for the distance limit, I figured I could do something like this, now I just need to make the part align to the surface while aligned to the mouse aswell, anyone got a good idea on how to do this?

[RadiatedExodus (Maidenless)]

CurrentTarget:PivotTo(DistanceLimitFront.CFrame:ToWorldSpace(CFrame.new(0,0,0)))