What is the correct approach?

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@mr_pinc;598135

Ok, that sounds totally reasonable, but why would I not put that functionality in a component rather than as an actor? Then I can add that component to all meshes I want to manipulate? If there is already a static mesh in my scene I’d need to place it with the blueprint version and then I’d need to attach the appropriate mesh and re-position it. With the component approach I can just add the functionality to an already existing Static mesh. What would be the downside to that approach?

You can’t, that’s the downside. UE4 is both inheritance and components, but you need the right thing at the top, which in your case is probably a Blueprint extending Actor.

You can make a component with your behavior and then add that component to an ActorBlueprint, or put the behavior directly on the Blueprint which is probably simpler. The ActorBlueprint can then also have a static Mesh component, which different instances of can have a different actual mesh.