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womanonfire
10-23-2002, 08:41 PM
say... i have this model and...

...there is a Menu item to center the pivot in an object but is there a similar command (mel? or otherwise?) to Move the Pivot to the bottom most point (along the Y axis) of an object.

I know i can move it by hand using INSTERT but I want the computer to do it for me ...she is more accurate ;)
bigfatMELon
10-23-2002, 08:56 PM
Yah, and more... go here and get the Pivot Toolbox:

lightstorm3D (http://www.lightstorm3d.com/tools/freetools/html/free_tools.html)

-jl
womanonfire
10-23-2002, 09:24 PM
that does it, thank you.
MasonDoran
10-24-2002, 01:31 PM
fire,

i strongly suggest getting used to the snapping functions in combo with manually moving the pivot point. If u go into insert mode....and MMB+ x, c, or v...the pivot point will snap precisely onto the grid...vert....or edge/spline that u want....once u get used to it...it will be faster then using the PivotTool Box
womanonfire
10-24-2002, 01:35 PM
ah... didn't think to even try that. learn something new every day around here. thx.
dwalden74
10-25-2002, 05:37 PM
If you need to align the pivot to a specific object:

string $targetPos[] = `xform -q -ws -rp targetObject`;
move -a $targetPos[0] $targetPos[1] $targetPos[2] baseObject.rotatePivot baseObject.scalePivot;


...should do the trick

:beer:
David
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