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Move Pivot On Bottom

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caner_ozdemir
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Move Pivot On Bottom

Is there an easy way to move the pivot on

most bottom, most top, most left, most right

center bottom, center top, center left, center right

of the object ?

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2 main ways - use whichever is appropriate.
Hierarchy Panel > Affect Pivot Only, then (in the Perspective viewport) :-
If you need corners or edges (centers of them) then the easiest would be to use the Snaps either to Vertex or Mid Point.
For faces it's not so easy because a Face is a Triangle (even on a quad poly - 2 triangles) so I would use Center to Object (same panel as affect pivot only) then use the Align Tool (main toolbar) Z axis only, Current = Pivot Point, Target = Maximum (for the top) or Minimum (for the bottom). Select just Y or X axis for front/back or sideways.
Between the 2 methods you should be able to accurately place the pivot where you need it.

If it's an irregular object then it's going to be more difficult to place it accurately - the center may not be quite where you expect it to be. Also note that the current Coordinate System (View, World, Local etc) does have an impact.

Max 2016 (SP1/EXT1)
Win7Pro x64 (SP1). i5-3570K @ 4.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX11.
nVidia GTX760 (2GB) (Driver 430.86).

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