How to center the pivot point in Marmoset Toolbag2?

Jack_051

Hello, this is probably going to sound stupid but is there a way to center the pivot point in Marmoset Toolbag 2 on my mesh? I use Maya to create my assets and made sure that the pivot point was centered and frozen so that all cords would be center but still when I export the mesh as an FBX or OBJ file it's center, this of course doesn't cause a problem if I simply want to do a still render but does become a problem if I want to do a turntable render. Please help.


thanks, Jack

Pegbird

I believe there is no way to do this yet. You need to bring your objects into the center of world space before you export (ie. the centre of the grid).

Torch

This sounds obvious, but do you mean focus the camera on the mesh? If so I believe its 'Ctrl+F' when the object is selected.

Jack_051

Pegbird wrote: »

I believe there is no way to do this yet. You need to bring your objects into the center of world space before you export (ie. the centre of the grid).

Thanks, I'll try that next time I'm using it

EarthQuake

Pegbird wrote: »

I believe there is no way to do this yet. You need to bring your objects into the center of world space before you export (ie. the centre of the grid).

Yes, this is correct, we do not currently have a way to edit the pivot point in TB2.

NegevPro

Is it possible to duplicate a mesh in Marmoset Toolbag 2? I was assembling a room in Toolbag 2 but it involves a lot of symmetry and so being able to set up half of the room and duplicating/rotating the rest would save me a lot of time. I'm sure this is a pretty basic function I must have missed or something but I haven't actually used Toolbag 2 much.

EarthQuake

NegevPro wrote: »

Is it possible to duplicate a mesh in Marmoset Toolbag 2? I was assembling a room in Toolbag 2 but it involves a lot of symmetry and so being able to set up half of the room and duplicating/rotating the rest would save me a lot of time. I'm sure this is a pretty basic function I must have missed or something but I haven't actually used Toolbag 2 much.

Yes, ctrl+D.

NegevPro

EarthQuake wrote: »

Yes, ctrl+D.

Hmm, surprised I didn't try that sooner haha. Thanks man!

Jack_051

dustinbrown wrote: »

I haven't tested this but it should work. Create a new empty group in Toolbag and parent your meshes to that group. The group pivot should default at the scene origin. You can also use this technique to create custom pivot locations if you need to. Create an empty group in Toolbag, manually move it to where you want the pivot, then parent the mesh to it.

Thanks! I'll give that a go

omar3d

dustinbrown said:

I haven't tested this but it should work. Create a new empty group in Toolbag and parent your meshes to that group. The group pivot should default at the scene origin. You can also use this technique to create custom pivot locations if you need to. Create an empty group in Toolbag, manually move it to where you want the pivot, then parent the mesh to it.

Brilliant! Worked like a charm. Thanks a lot!

les

sorry could anyone explain me please how I can parent the meshes to the group - I haven't found any info how to do it anywhere( thank you

EarthQuake

les said:

sorry could anyone explain me please how I can parent the meshes to the group - I haven't found any info how to do it anywhere( thank you

If you're using Toolbag 4 you can edit the the pivot by selecting the mesh and selecting the Translate tool. You'll see a checkbox for edit pivot mode and a center pivot button. You can press D while the Translate tool is active to toggle in and out of pivot editing mode too.