Instantiate GameObject to specific position on the Parent

Questions & Answers
1

Newbie here.
I want to Instantiate a GameObject to a specific position on the Parent. I want to place it at the top of the parent. Can I position it immediately when I instantiate it or do I need to use the transform.position? In either case I don’t know how to do it. I also need to figure out how to rotate the child on the parent if you are feeling generous with your time. Also, each child/copy or new instantiated object will scale with each new iteration. I’m trying to build a reverse fractal tree (the branches get bigger over time).

Just a warning - you might cringe at other parts of the code that probably could be written better.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour
{
public Transform Cube;
public GameObject masterTree;
public int instanceCounter = 1;
public int numCubes = 30;
public float scalar = 1.4145f;
public float initialScale = 10f;
public float angle = 30f;
private Transform copy;

void Start()
{

}

private void Update()
{
    if (instanceCounter <= numCubes)
    {
        if (instanceCounter == 1)
        {
            copy = Instantiate(Cube, new Vector3(0, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity);
            copy.transform.localScale = new Vector3(1f, initialScale, 1f);
            copy.name = "Copy" + instanceCounter;
            copy.transform.parent = masterTree.transform;
            instanceCounter++;
        }

        var copyParent = GameObject.Find("Copy" + (instanceCounter - 1));
        Vector3 copyParentSize = copyParent.GetComponent<Renderer>().bounds.size;
        //Debug.Log("copyParentSizeY = " + copyParentSize.y);
                    
        copy = Instantiate(Cube, new Vector3(0, copyParent.y + copyParentSize.y, 0), Quaternion.identity);
        copy.transform.localScale = new Vector3(1f, initialScale, 1f);
        initialScale = initialScale * scalar;
        copy.name = "Copy" + instanceCounter;

        //copy.transform.rotation *= Quaternion.Euler(angle, angle, 0);
        copy.transform.parent = copyParent.transform;
        instanceCounter++;

      
    }
    {
        
    }
}

}

2

make it simple…
add an empty child gameobject in desired location
and then use the transform of that child gameobject

public Transform desireLocation;

Instantiate(Cube, desireLocation.position, Quaternion.identity);

3

I understand Vector3 better now. It looks like I can add together different GameObject positions together in the same Vector3:

newPosition = new Vector3(0, copyParentSize.y + copyParentPosition.y + spacer, 0);

Now I can move objects around based on the location of other objects. Thank you for your help!