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SheepFactory

01-24-2003, 07:18 PM

Hi guys ,

how do i rotate an object on its local axis instead of the global?

I am trying to rotate a face i extruded on the x\z plane and with the global rotation its impossible to place it as i want.

thanks in advance.

Ali

BazC

01-24-2003, 07:54 PM

I'm not exactly sure what you want to do but if you select your poly, right click for the tool menu then right click 'rotate' you'll be in vector mode. You can now select any edge face or point (left click) then right click to execute and drag to rotate about the selected feature.
I read somewhere that you can rotate about a normal too but not in my version, as far as I can see it would be the same as rotate about a face anyway!

Hope that helps!

Baz

SheepFactory

01-24-2003, 08:26 PM

Thats interesting , i didnt know wings had that :)

but it doesnt do what I want. I'll post a couple of screenshots in a bit to better describe the problem.

Best ,

BazC

01-24-2003, 08:38 PM

I only discovered it today myself :o) It's a cool feature huh?
Sorry it doesn't do what you want though.

Baz

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