topic Re: Rotation not working in Dynamic Blocks Forum

Rotation not working

carl-marcus.ekstromDDJLJ — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 19:17:36 GMT

Hi,

I've got a block with a rotation and stretch. When stretched, it does so in the wrong direction. I guess it's something simple that I can't figure out. I've kept everything in line with the x-axis, so I think it should work.

Re: Rotation not working

Libbya — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 20:19:49 GMT

When you rotate an action that has an angle offset property (stretch, move, polar stretch) then the angle offset is changed by the rotation angle. This is very helpful at times, but can be anti-helpful to the unknowing. Remove the stretch action(s) from the rotate action's selections set.

Re: Rotation not working

carl-marcus.ekstromDDJLJ — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 20:26:48 GMT

Thank you, I should've guessed it was the stretch action. You see no other way of solving it than remove the action? One cannot use another rotation with chain and counterrotate the stretch and dim?

Re: Rotation not working

Libbya — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 20:58:38 GMT

In what way is the offered solution less than ideal? You are rotating the linear parameter that the stretch action is associated with, so rotating the action also is just unnecessary and causing the problem. Why are you looking further for a different solution??

Re: Rotation not working

carl-marcus.ekstromDDJLJ — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 21:23:32 GMT

Well, preferably I would like to have the rotation handle move with the different scales(lookup tbl) so that the users don't need to zoom in

Re: Rotation not working

Libbya — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 22:06:18 GMT

The mentioned solution would not affect that. I think you might not be discerning the difference between the rotate parameter and rotate action. The grip scales with the parameter and has nothing to do with whether or not the stretch action is included in the rotate action's selection set.

Re: Rotation not working

carl-marcus.ekstromDDJLJ — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 22:09:00 GMT

Ah, I get it. I'll accept the solution. Thank you