Transforming Pivots Manually

Transforming Pivots Manually

To Transform Pivots Manually

1.       Select a part or parts of which you want to transform pivots manually.

2.       Select one of the following.

·         Translate

·         Rotate

3.       When you select multiple parts, select Multiple Pivots as needed.

4.       Select Transform Pivot from the Align Pivots panel. When it is enabled, the icon will be highlighted in the darker gray.

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5.       Translate or rotate the pivot as you want to.

 

Example

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The selected part has the pivot with the Local axis at the center of its bounding box.

When Rotate is selected, drag X, Y, or Z plane to rotate the pivot.

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The pivot is rotated instead of the selected part.

 

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This feature is not available when any of the Explodes is selected.

 

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To disable Transform Pivot , click the icon again.

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