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Andy · 1st November 2003, 07:10 AM

Each object has a 'pivot point/center'. You can see these if you display object centers from the orth menu. You can adjust the position of this point by using the recenter or min-centre functions on the object menu. Editing the Loc values (and pressing return) in the Tools->object-property-editor allows more accurate positioning. (or you can move the vertices of an object relative to it's center)

To rotate an object around this pivot point - change the general setting (in File->settings->General - 'Rotate about object centers'. Rotating with the mouse (when a single object is selected) will now use the pivot point rather than the mouse position.

Andy

1st November 2003, 07:10 AM	#2
Andy Administrator Professional user Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4,565	Re: rotating around a specific point Each object has a 'pivot point/center'. You can see these if you display object centers from the orth menu. You can adjust the position of this point by using the recenter or min-centre functions on the object menu. Editing the Loc values (and pressing return) in the Tools->object-property-editor allows more accurate positioning. (or you can move the vertices of an object relative to it's center) To rotate an object around this pivot point - change the general setting (in File->settings->General - 'Rotate about object centers'. Rotating with the mouse (when a single object is selected) will now use the pivot point rather than the mouse position. Andy