Change rotation pivot of a group in Maya??

melviso · Apr 2014

Is it possible to change the rotation pivot of a group.I know how to change the rotational pivot of an object in Maya by using the manipulator that comes on when u click the question mark button in component mode.

Bartalon · Apr 2014

I'm not sure what you mean by "clicking the question mark button," but I think I can still answer your question.

You can change the pivot point of any selected object by pressing Insert to toggle pivot edit mode. From here you can move and snap the pivot to other locations. Press Insert again to exit pivot mode. Alternatively, holding the D key will enter pivot edit mode as long as they key is held down.

haiddasalami · Apr 2014

He's talking about the select miscellaneous icon up in the toolbar next to the lock/unlock icon under the main menu. You can access the rotational pivot by hitting insert or holding d as Bartalon said and clicking the power icon that shows up.

melviso · Apr 2014

Thanks for the reply,guys.I know how to do that.What I meant was how do u change the rotation axes of a group if the rotational axes is aligned correctly especially if the object is bent and u freeze the transformations.I know how to fix this for an object in Maya but how do u fix this for a group?

onionhead_o · Apr 2014

I would create a box> use snap together tool to snap the box to a face of the frozen transformed object you want the rotation axis to be on> group the object(or Group of objects in your case) under the Box> Freeze Transform on the Object you want to edit> unparent from the Box and delete the Box> The Old object will inherit the rotation axis of the Box.

melviso · Apr 2014

@ onionhead_o Thanks a lot,bro.That solved it.

Change rotation pivot of a group in Maya??

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