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correcting mistakes on "[25] getting and setting the position of points"

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   ' '''[25] getting and setting the position of points (without selection) right after object creation'''
-  ' those are relative position calculated from the objects center
+  ' point positions are relative to the object's center
-  ' to get the real positions add relative poition to that center position
+  ' to get the absolute point positions add center to point
-  ' don't confuse this with the center that can be moved around
+  ' to set the absolute point positions subtract center from point
- ' it's the mathematical center of the object
   set oRoot = application.activeproject.activescene.root
-  set oObj = oRoot.addgeometry( "Cube", "MeshSurface", "TRGV" )
+  set oObj = oRoot.addgeometry( "Cube", "MeshSurface", "test" )
-  logmessage "TriggerVolumes." & oObj
+ ' to test our code move center to somewhere else
+ Translate oObj, 9, 11, 13, siRelative, siGlobal, siCtr, siXYZ, , , , , , , , , , 0
+ SaveKey oObj & ".kine.local.posx," & oObj & ".kine.local.posy," & oObj & ".kine.local.posz", 1, , , , True
   FreezeObj oObj
   set oGeometry = oObj.activeprimitive.geometry
   aPositions = oGeometry.Points.PositionArray
-  '                   xyz, 0  = value
+  ' get old position
-  logmessage aPositions(0, 0)
+ '                                         (xyz, point)
-  logmessage aPositions(1, 0)
+  logmessage "old point 0 posx: " & aPositions(0, 0) + GetValue(oObj & ".kine.global.posx")
-  logmessage aPositions(2, 0)
+  logmessage "old point 0 posy: " & aPositions(1, 0) + GetValue(oObj & ".kine.global.posy")
+  logmessage "old point 0 posz: " & aPositions(2, 0) + GetValue(oObj & ".kine.global.posz")
-  ' changing x position of point 0 to value -12
+  ' set new position
-  aPositions(0, 0) = -12
+ aPositions(0, 0) = -7 - GetValue(oObj & ".kine.global.posx")
-  ' you can add more changes here
+  aPositions(1, 0) = -7 - GetValue(oObj & ".kine.global.posy")
+  aPositions(2, 0) = -7 - GetValue(oObj & ".kine.global.posz")
   ' update the array
   oGeometry.Points.PositionArray = aPositions
-  ' apply the changes for point 0 (in this case we changed only x dimension to -12)
+  ' get new position
- Translate oObj, aPositions(0, 0), aPositions(1, 0), aPositions(2, 0), siAbsolute, siView, siCtr, siXYZ, , , , , , , , , , 0
+ logmessage "new point 0 posx: " & aPositions(0, 0) + GetValue(oObj & ".kine.global.posx")
- SaveKey oObj & ".kine.local.posx," & _
+ logmessage "new point 0 posy: " & aPositions(1, 0) + GetValue(oObj & ".kine.global.posy")
- 	oObj & ".kine.local.posy," & _
+ logmessage "new point 0 posz: " & aPositions(2, 0) + GetValue(oObj & ".kine.global.posz")
- 	oObj & ".kine.local.posz", 1, , , , True
+ ' INFO : old point 0 posx: -4
+ ' INFO : old point 0 posy: -4
+ ' INFO : old point 0 posz: -4
+ ' INFO : new point 0 posx: -7
+ ' INFO : new point 0 posy: -7
+ ' INFO : new point 0 posz: -7