I am trying to rotate the object manipulation tool before moving the object to keep everything in perfect moving order. I tried moving the object pivot origin and rotating to the correct spot and the position changes not the orientation. Images included.
Chris,
I noticed this myself the other day...that rotation of the pivot doesn't stick. Just translation. I'm assuming this is a bug...although it's possible it's a known limitation I'm simply not aware of. We'll chase it up a bit more. I'll re-post once we have it logged and classified accordingly.
Ron
Hi Chris ,
not sure if you have tried this already but try unchecking the Absolute Checkbox at the end of the manipulation tools drop down , this should allow you to adjust the pivot.
Thanks for the GIF, Scott! Really helpful.
This is an excerpt from the Visualize Help doc on the 'Absolute' checkbox:
All transforms are relative to pivot point of the model. The pivot point of the model is determined by the external modeling software used to create the model. In the transform manipulator, if you select Absolute, transforms are relative to a copy of the world axis at the pivot point of the model. If you clear Absolute, transforms are relative to the model's local axis and pivot point.
I just enable/disable it if I'm getting unexpected results to see if that gives me the expected result. Sometimes I'm not very scientific.
Thanks for the actual definition
I figured it out way back in Beta but didn't really know why it was called absolute but makes total sense
Wow. Even I was hoodwinked by this one! Suffice it to say we can improve on usability in this area.
Thank you all so much! The absolute button was the perfect fix. Animations are off and running perfectly now.
Hi Chris ,
not sure if you have tried this already but try unchecking the Absolute Checkbox at the end of the manipulation tools drop down , this should allow you to adjust the pivot.