maya object wrong object orientation

#1

Hello,

I have an issue on Maya where I believe it is entirely my fault by pressing keys by mistake or wrong manipulation but I am not able to correct it.

I have 2 objects in the this scene. The selected object is a Air flap that should pivot at its base (closest to perspective camera).

  1. I Insert key to move the pivot to the desired location and snap it to a vertex.
  2. the orient is always in wrong angle regardless of my choice for the orient settings. The orient setting does not budge the orientation of XYZ in any way.

As we can see the air Flap is also in an angle compared to the other object, a cylinder.

What can I do to re-orient the rotate tool?

#2

If I guess it right, the problem is that your rotate tool has a weird angle? If so, you might want to check out its settings by double clicking its icon to the right.