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Stiglr · 15th April 2010, 01:00 PM

No, that's not possible. The viewport axis widgets are reference axes ONLY.

I think what you're looking for is setting animation axes, so that your gears or whatever rotate around specific axis orientations?

If so, locate and download the X-Plane plug in. That has some tools for creating and previewing very basic animations, and for providing some visual cues for "hinge lines" and "rotational axes".

15th April 2010, 01:00 PM	#4
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