topic Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode. in Maya Forum

Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

gallapoo — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:32:03 GMT

When editing in component mode (vertex edge or face) the pivot will randomly get stuck and will stop updating, This usually happens after changing the pivot with the d key. I have to restart Maya to get to to recenter again. This happened even in between objects. See the below screen shots.

Initial selection

After moving faces

Switching to a different object

Using d again only temporarily moves the pivot. It'll snap back once any edit is done. Anyone know if this is some sort of setting I have turned on or something? This is Maya 2018 update 3.

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

sean.heasley — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 19:23:45 GMT

Hi @gallapoo and welcome to the community!

I haven't seen this issue before and I'm not able to reproduce it.

One thing you could try is deleting history and/or freezing transformation on the object and see if the pivot is still being moved.

Let me know if anything changes!

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

gallapoo — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 19:51:32 GMT

I do that pretty much constantly. It doesn't seem to change the behavior. It seems to happen more likely when selecting faces on objects that have been previously merged. A restart of the program is the only thing that fixes it.

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

sean.heasley — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 20:01:40 GMT

Hi @gallapoo

Hmm ok. Do you have steps to reproduce this by chance?

Also, what GPU are you using and are the drivers up to date?

Steps to update your drivers can be found here!

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

gallapoo — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 21:02:37 GMT

Select a face, edge, or vertex.

Adjust the pivot with D (snapping doesn't not effect this)

Move, rotate, etc and the pivot snaps back to where it was moved.

I can still change the pivot with the D key and the new pivot stays. I have noticed something else strange. When this happens the manipulator in object mode moves off the object.as it transforms.

The below shows what's going on a bit better.

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 22:16:12 GMT

That may be a known regression with the version you are running. Can you instal the latest version and report back if it is still occurring?

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

gallapoo — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 22:49:14 GMT

I already have the latest version.

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 23:04:12 GMT

Just try downgrading then to see if you experience the same behavior.

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

abercaine — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 04:02:25 GMT

i'm also confirming this issue on maya 2018.3
working fine on maya 2017.5

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

mspeer — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 07:49:50 GMT

Hi!

It looks like you have Pin Component Pivot enabled.

Just uncheck this feature in Tool Settings or use Hotbox.

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

gallapoo — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 11:12:52 GMT

This was exactly it. I figured it was too consistent to be a bug. I don't know why it caused the manipulation handle to behave like that though.

Thanks!

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

abercaine — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 13:26:12 GMT

yep that was the issue thanks, wondering why this option was on.

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 01:25:02 GMT

I'm having this issue, too. I knew it was Pin Component Pivot, and I knew where to turn it off, however- it keeps resetting. As in, I'll turn off Pin Component Pivot, and that specific toggle for "Pin Component Pivot" gets reset, so the pivot will suddenly behaved as pinned.

Any thoughts?

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

gallapoo — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 21:23:04 GMT

I had that problem a few times and it just sorta stopped one day. I'm not
sure how to help you out if it's reoccurring. Updating Maya may have done
it for me. Make sure you have the latest release.

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:33:07 GMT

I have recently updated my MayaLT to 2019 and started having the same issue. Whenever I edit the pivot position for a component (e.g. edge), all other components (sometimes even for other objects in the scene) will have their pivot stuck to that position.

Like others suggested, this was fixed by unticking the "pin component pivot" which somehow was activated.

Thanks again

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:35:28 GMT

@mspeer wrote:

Hi!

It looks like you have Pin Component Pivot enabled.

Just uncheck this feature in Tool Settings or use Hotbox.

Like you suggested, this was fixed by unticking the "pin component pivot" which somehow was activated.

Thanks again

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 10:05:42 GMT

I cannot find this setting in the tool setting for Maya 2019.

Martin

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

mspeer — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 21:04:17 GMT

Hi!

Still available here in Maya 2019.1 in Tool Settings for every transform tool:

Move Settings > Pin Component Pivot

Rotate Settings > Pin Component Pivot

Scale Settings > Pin Component Pivot

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 02:01:39 GMT

You saved my life right now. I don't even know how/when I pinned it! This happened to me in the UV map once where I pinned something. Thanks!

Re: Pivot does not recenter in component mode.

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 14:58:36 GMT