How to rotate a body around its z-axis?

[Anonymous]

Hi

I try to rotate a body around its z-axis (and not move it in any direction).

I would expect that as soon as I click the move-typ "rotate" the origin (x, y and z-axis) of the body would be shown, but there is nothing.

Can anybody please help me?

Thank you.

Alain

[g-andresen]

Hi,

try these

günther

[wersy]

You must select an axis first.
This can be an edge of a body.

[Anonymous]

Thank you guys for your tips.

Doesn't a body have its own origin (like in any other 3d-Software)?

This origin in my case should be the center of gravity, isn't this possible?

[g-andresen]

Hi,

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@Anonymous wrote:

Doesn't a body have its own origin (like in any other 3d-Software)?

Components have an Origin. Bodies are parts of them.

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I recommend that you study the function of different joints.

günther

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[Anonymous]

Joints? Is that something to smoke? Haha 🙂

Sorry, I'm jost joking.
Thank you, I will give it a try.

Just a sitenote that reminds me to the term of "joints":
Why does Autodesk call a function "move/copy" if there is also "rotating" behind it?
"Transform" instead of "move/copy", from my point of view, would generate less confusion 😉

Excuse me if I understood something wrong.

[jeff_strater]

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Doesn't a body have its own origin (like in any other 3d-Software)?

This origin in my case should be the center of gravity, isn't this possible?

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A Body does not have an origin.  A Component does have an origin - that origin will move with the component when it is positioned (with a Joint or Move Component, etc).  That component origin, however, has nothing to do with the Component's center of gravity/mass