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lowkey
11-13-2002, 02:12 PM
can somebody tell me :

is it possible to reset the local coordinate system of an object ?!

as to be seen in the image at bottom, sometimes axis point in weird directions, so that it becomes a pain in the b+++ to correctly position geometry.

centering the pivot or switching between 'local' and 'global' doesn't bring any improvements to that issue, so what am i to do ?! :shrug:

thanks a lot
stunndman
11-13-2002, 03:38 PM
this topic is coming up regularly - i think i even had the same question a few months ago - yeah - there it is - http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11026&highlight=rotate+pivot

i'm with you
lowkey
11-13-2002, 04:22 PM
damn, i can't believe people didn't figure out how to solve this yet ... :eek:

i thought it was a just trivial, but annoying problem ... hmmmm ... thanks anyway, man ... :)

btw, what does pivot-toolbox help you with ?!
stunndman
11-13-2002, 04:56 PM
btw, what does pivot-toolbox help you with ?!


http://www.highend3d.com/files/?group=melscripts&section=modeling&sort=

"This is a collection of pivot modeling tools: Set Pivot, Center Pivot on Object, Fit Pivot, Average Pivots, Center Pivot on Surface Points, Center Pivot on Polygon Vertices, Center Pivot on Curve Points, Unify Pivots, Set Local Axis, Fit Local Axis, Fit Object, Center Object on Pivot, Display Pivot, Print Pivot Coordinates, Create Geometry, Group at Pivots"


you could have looked that up yourself - fauler sack :)
lowkey
11-13-2002, 05:01 PM
you could have looked that up yourself - fauler sack !

well, to be honest, i immediately downloaded it after posting that dumb question. it's all about communication ! ;)

despite of that it's definitely true :
i'm just a laaazy motherf++++ :wip:
lildragon
01-31-2003, 04:11 PM
Ok pivot-toolbox doesn't cure this :hmm: but I found a workaround its dumb but it works (well for me) as in the above link I had a prob with the axis going all screwy when the object is rotated, so what I bascially did was create a primitive, parent the object with the messed up axis to that primitive, and then use the primitive to control the tranformations. It cured my mirroring prob so I'm happy. :)

salud
lowkey
01-31-2003, 04:23 PM
yeah, i also figured out this workaround, but instead of using a primitve of choice i parented the objects to a locator, which doesn't clutter the scene too much and gives a nice visual representation! :thumbsup:

anyway, since this is a very popular issue, i can't believe why A|W didn't show any reactions yet.

who knows? :shrug:

thanks for updating this thread and the associated minds.
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