affect pivot only?

lillypusher · 13-03-2003, 08:01 AM

using the affect pivot only button, i move ONLY the pivot point of any given object. fantastic! then, i try to move it, using the new pivot point. and it moves accordingly! brilliant!! then, i try to rotate it - say something simple, a door moving on its hinges. when i try to do that, the pivot reverts back to the center. huh? wazzit?

please show me what an idiot i was, by not hitting the tab button or something.
thanks, K

Splurgus · 13-03-2003, 08:22 AM

I have just created a box, moved the pivot, and it rotates fine. Are you sure you have only one obj selected, or are you working with a group?

Workaround: Create a dummy where you need the pivot to be. Link the initial obj/group to said dummy. Select the dummy and rotate.

lillypusher · 13-03-2003, 08:57 AM

..... i don't know if it has something to do with it, but i'm working with a box that has a edit mesh modifier. when i create a simple box it does work. and i tried both with group and a single object (which shouldn't make any difference) and both didn't work.

Tim_Cutho · 13-03-2003, 08:59 AM

I know exactly hat you mean...

This has ahppened to me in the past, and it's very frustrating. Most of the time I could fix it by selecting the rotate tool, and if it doesnt work properly i click the "affect pivot" button on and off, and this would sometimes make it work... Other than that I dunno...

Splurgus · 13-03-2003, 09:07 AM

Summing's freaky.

I created a box, aplied edit mesh, made it look like a door, moved the pivot, and it rotates perfectly.

I have had problems before with the moved pivot not taking effect. What I did was to go back to the "modify" menu. It works then.

lillypusher · 13-03-2003, 09:30 AM

thanks anyway, but i guess its just one of those max "features" i've come 2 know and love.

Ben · 13-03-2003, 09:39 AM

Having tried it, I had exactly the same problem Lilly. I then tried each of the remedys posted here and the one the worked for me was making sure that the Modify panel was selected.

I know that doesn't give you any more ideas but at least that's something that's worked twice!

Ben

Splurgus · 13-03-2003, 09:40 AM

Yup. Max has prolly cost me more busted keyboards and thrown mice than any other program

lillypusher · 13-03-2003, 10:27 AM

and naturally, after having given up, i tried the suggestions yet again, flipping between modify/create/hierarchy panels like mad, Max smiled at me, and wondered what the problem was, while showing me that the rotate pivot was where i wanted all the time.
figures.

thanks all!

K

13-03-2003, 10:55 AM

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Max smiled at me, and wondered what the problem was, while showing me that the rotate pivot was where i wanted all the time.

LOL! Yeah we can all sympathise/empathise here. You should make up a word for it & post it in the CG experience dictionary.

Net Admiral · 14-03-2003, 04:20 AM

well this problem is one of MAX trade marked bugs and it is included with early versions ...
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13-03-2003, 08:01 AM	#1
lillypusher you being good yet? Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 579 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	affect pivot only? using the affect pivot only button, i move ONLY the pivot point of any given object. fantastic! then, i try to move it, using the new pivot point. and it moves accordingly! brilliant!! then, i try to rotate it - say something simple, a door moving on its hinges. when i try to do that, the pivot reverts back to the center. huh? wazzit? please show me what an idiot i was, by not hitting the tab button or something. thanks, K

13-03-2003, 08:59 AM	#4
Tim_Cutho Purple Ninja Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 110 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I know exactly hat you mean... This has ahppened to me in the past, and it's very frustrating. Most of the time I could fix it by selecting the rotate tool, and if it doesnt work properly i click the "affect pivot" button on and off, and this would sometimes make it work... Other than that I dunno... __________________ :: Tim Cutho :: www.Tim3D.tk » Making cubes in avatars cool since October '02 «

14-03-2003, 04:20 AM	#11
Net Admiral Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	well this problem is one of MAX trade marked bugs and it is included with early versions ... ________ Handjob Amateur Last edited by Net Admiral; 19-04-2011 at 08:38 PM..

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13-03-2003, 08:22 AM	#2
Splurgus Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Johannesburg South Africa Posts: 86 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have just created a box, moved the pivot, and it rotates fine. Are you sure you have only one obj selected, or are you working with a group? Workaround: Create a dummy where you need the pivot to be. Link the initial obj/group to said dummy. Select the dummy and rotate.

13-03-2003, 08:57 AM	#3
lillypusher you being good yet? Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 579 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	..... i don't know if it has something to do with it, but i'm working with a box that has a edit mesh modifier. when i create a simple box it does work. and i tried both with group and a single object (which shouldn't make any difference) and both didn't work.

13-03-2003, 09:07 AM	#5
Splurgus Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Johannesburg South Africa Posts: 86 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Summing's freaky. I created a box, aplied edit mesh, made it look like a door, moved the pivot, and it rotates perfectly. I have had problems before with the moved pivot not taking effect. What I did was to go back to the "modify" menu. It works then.

13-03-2003, 09:30 AM	#6
lillypusher you being good yet? Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 579 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	thanks anyway, but i guess its just one of those max "features" i've come 2 know and love.

13-03-2003, 09:39 AM	#7
Ben Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wellington, NZ Posts: 107 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Having tried it, I had exactly the same problem Lilly. I then tried each of the remedys posted here and the one the worked for me was making sure that the Modify panel was selected. I know that doesn't give you any more ideas but at least that's something that's worked twice! Ben

13-03-2003, 09:40 AM	#8
Splurgus Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Johannesburg South Africa Posts: 86 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yup. Max has prolly cost me more busted keyboards and thrown mice than any other program

13-03-2003, 10:27 AM	#9
lillypusher you being good yet? Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 579 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	and naturally, after having given up, i tried the suggestions yet again, flipping between modify/create/hierarchy panels like mad, Max smiled at me, and wondered what the problem was, while showing me that the rotate pivot was where i wanted all the time. figures. thanks all! K

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