3DS Max - Set working pivot to Object?

Pegbird

Hey Guys,

I've been using Maya at work for the last couple of years and have decided to start toying around with Max again at home.
If you have an object on some strange angle and it has lost its transforms/Xforms, what is the fastest way to recover the correct pivot alignment permanently?

I can quickly setup a working pivot, but I would like to transfer this to the object.
Is there a way to "Bake" the working pivot into an object? This is what I would do in Maya.

Thank you!

Revel

You can go to the Hierarchy tab and turn on the Affect Pivot Only, that'll transform your object pivot, and turn off after you happy with the position.

Pegbird

But is there a way to align the object's pivot to a face/edge? Adjusting the objects pivot manually by eye is kind of useless.
I can get the desired working pivot but I cannot find a way to transfer this to the object.

Revel

Yeah, you can use Chris Whitaker's script to do that, FB Subobject Pivot. Just turn on the Affect Pivot Only > select face that you want to align with > run the script. If you didn't turn on the Affect Pivot Only option, you will align the working pivot instead.

Pegbird

Ahhh Thankyou!

I used to use that script all the time and did not know you could do that.
Cheers

Revel

Haha yeah I wasn't aware of that function right at the start using the script as well