[VRED] How to rotate a translation or scale pivot ?

[killian.launay]

Hi all, I want to rotate the translation and the scale pivots, but i don't find any option to do this. Somebody know how to do that ? I've flushed transformations in order to place manually the pivots at the right place to make clean animations, but my objects are rotated and i can't rotate translation pivot 😞 Anybody know how to fix that ? Thanks !

[dawn_mcardle]

SHIFT + Q

[killian.launay]

I know SHIFT+Q but that's only to move the pivots and to rotate the rotation pivot, but test, if you rotate the pivots with Shift+Q and then press Shift+W, the translation pivot is in the same position 😕

[sinje_thiedemann · Accepted solution]

Hi Killian,

to show the rotated translation manipulator you have to activate "Local Mode" in the Transform Menu (show the menu by a long mouse press on the Transform icon).

Please note that this affects only the Translation manipulator, not the scale manipulator. The scale manipulator/pivot is always aligned with the actual rotation of your object.

Regards

Sinje

[killian.launay]

Thanks for your answer, can you animate with the local mode values ?

[sinje_thiedemann]

If you want to animate the translation of an object and adjust the translation values by using the translation manipulator in local mode: then yes.

[tommaso_bulgari]

hi Sinje i dont understand what do you mean,

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@sinje_thiedemann wrote:

The scale manipulator/pivot is always aligned with the actual rotation of your object.

Regards

Sinje

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if i rotate the rotation pivot, the scale pivot doesn't rotate also, i'm forgetting something?
thank you

[sinje_thiedemann]

Hi @tommaso_bulgari,

with that I just meant that if you rotate the object (change rotation angles, not the pivot) the scale pivot is also rotated. Probably I was just stating the obvious 😉

Sinje

[Minette.naslund]

Hello Sinje,

I am currently having the same issue - although the "Local mode" solved the direction of the translation, I am not finding a way to put exact numbers for the translation in my desired direction. In the Transform dialog box both X and Z directions are changing when I am translating my object by dragging in my modified arrow/coordinate sys. I am in need of translating in that direction with very high accuracy, in terms of millimeters or even half millimeters.

Maybe you know if this this possible?

Kind regards,

M

[sinje_thiedemann]

Hi,

the "local mode" option only affects the Transform Manipulator, not the Transform Editor, so I am afraid there is currently no possibility to enter these values numerically.

But, you can move the object with the transform manipulator by a certain value, by activating the "Use Fixed Steps" option in the menu directly below the Local Mode option, and by setting the Step size in Edit > Preferences > Transform > Translation Step Size.

E.g. for a step size 1.0 the transform manipulator will move the object in steps of exactly 1 mm along the local axis (if you're using Unit mm, which is the default in VRED). The only drawback with this is, that for a very small value a single mouse move can move the object by multiple steps at once. I think it helps if you zoom very close to the manipulator, and move the mouse really slow.

Best regards

Sinje