# Bounding boxes into separate geometry?

**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/bounding-boxes-into-separate-geometry/49554
**Category:** Maya
**Tags:** modeling
**Created:** [December 10, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/bounding-boxes-into-separate-geometry/49554 "2003-12-10T23:14:51Z")
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### Author: ![mecharoach](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mecharoach](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/mecharoach)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/bounding-boxes-into-separate-geometry/49554/1 "2003-12-10T23:14:51Z")

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Is it possible to make a copy of an object's bounding box as separate geometry?

-Matt

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### Author: ![goggle](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f14d63/32.png) [@goggle](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/goggle)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/bounding-boxes-into-separate-geometry/49554/2 "2003-12-12T21:59:03Z")

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I don't believe there's any existing automatic tool to do that. but it sounds like a pretty easy thing to write a MEL script for.

As a starter, Maya keeps an objects bounding box as attributes on that object. Such as: pCube1.boundingBoxMinX

Hope this helps.

-James

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### Author: ![joojaa](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@joojaa](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/joojaa)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/bounding-boxes-into-separate-geometry/49554/3 "2003-12-13T01:53:46Z")

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yeah just instance abod under the dagpath ans set the corners for values of the box. But you can mere easily wiev them by setting drawing overrides to bb!