Make a model have a specific position

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#1

Making a mesh or a part follow a play, for example, is pretty simple.
But how can I make a model follow a player?

The only thing I can think of, which sounds absurd is to note every part’s position and then write the code one by one. This sounds excessive, is there any others solution?

#2

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/property/Model/PrimaryPart

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/function/Model/MoveTo

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/function/Model/SetPrimaryPartCFrame

#3

Primary Part moves the whole model?

#4

There is another way to do it, which does not involve changing every part’s position as that is impractical and could potentially take ages. Models have a property called “PrimaryPart”. You are able to change the position of a model by adjusting the position of the PrimaryPart, which will move the entire model along with the PrimaryPart.

To set a PrimaryPart, you can either do it through a script or manually. To do it manually, click on the “PrimaryPart” property of the model, then click a part inside the model. This will set the PrimaryPart of the model to whatever part you clicked. To do it in a script, you can do something as simple as the following:

game.Workspace.Model.PrimaryPart = game.Workspace.Model.Part -- obviously change it.

Then, you can use :SetPrimaryPartCFrame() in order to change the CFrame of the PrimaryPart which will move the entire model. I have linked the API Reference to help you further.

#5

Another method you can use is Welding the model to the PrimaryPart and then move set the CFrame of the PrimaryPart
Example:

local function WeldModelToPrimaryPart(model)
	local primaryPart = model.PrimaryPart
	
	for _, part in next, model:GetDescendants() do
		if (part ~= primaryPart and part:IsA("BasePart")) then
			local weld = Instance.new("Weld")
			weld.Part0 = primaryPart
			weld.Part1 = part
			weld.C0 = primaryPart.CFrame:inverse() * part.CFrame
			weld.Parent = part
			part.Anchored = false
		end
	end
end

local model = workspace.TestModel
WeldModelToPrimaryPart(model)
model.PrimaryPart.CFrame = CFrame.new(0, 0, 0)

Using this method will prevent this from happening

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