Is there a way to set velocity while setting the position?

Questions & Answers
1

I noticed when I try to set the position of a rigidbody, it doesn’t change velocity.

Is there any easy way to set the position and having the game engine automatically recognize what the velocity is supposed to be?

2

Unity can’t assume with what velocity you want to go because it depends on how much time you want the object to take for it to go from point A to B. But theres a really simple method of moving a object to a point with a desired velocity :

var destintationPoint : Transform;  //place you wanna go
var speed : float;  //speed with which you wanna go

function Update () {
    transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(transform.position, destinationPoint.position, Time.time * speed);
    //or you can use substitute Lerp with MoveTowards for a more uniform velocity 

}

I Hope this helps.