Waypoint problem

Unity Engine
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Hello,
I am trying to make a navMesh with waypoints. So far I am adding the waypoints to the level and putting them in an empty GameObject so they are grouped.

The problem is placing waypoints by hand is slow. I want to place an empty GameObject in the scene, attach a script, set the width and height variable in the script, and with the @ContextMenu() call a function in the editor to place them evenly in the width and height from my GameObject.

My questions are:

  1. How do I add the Waypoint prefab to the GameObject in code after I instantiate it? I know how to add components, but I don’t see a way to add children.

EDIT:
I tested #2 and I can save them, I just need to know answer to #1.
/EDIT
2. After I add the waypoint to the GameObject can I save them in the scene so they are there when I open the scene again?

I am going to continue to try to figure it out, but any help would be nice.

Thanks,
Taylor

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Set the parent property of the transform.

e.g. if you want to set the Waypoint to be a child of the empty GameObject you would do:
waypoint.transform.parent = emptyObject.transform;

Now if you move the emptyObject the waypoint will follow.

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Thank you, I will give that a try.

EDIT:
Thank you Shaneo, that worked great.
/EDIT

-Taylor

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