PIVOT orientation

[imarhiagbe]

hello,

i am not sure if what i am having it is a technical issue or if i am doing something wrong but, i am attempting to rotate and object and i notice that the pivot is oriented in a weird way, so i go ahead and fix it, rotating in and placing it where i need, after i fix the pivot rotate the object a "gear in this case" and key frame it, when i play the animation the pivot is all f ed up again and the gear is rotating all over the place, i have notice that every time i click on another object or just click anywhere else the pivot just lose all my editing, it's kinda frustrating, i am trying to have a simple animation with 3 gear rotating but i can;t if they are not rotating in the right way. i have attached the file if you would like to have a look, is the 3 gear on the pillar 

thanks

[mspeer]

Hi!

You used Modify -> Bake Pivot?

[imarhiagbe]

Yes i tried but it didn't work, the pivot point still goes back to the
wrong orientation

[mspeer]

Hi!

You checked settings to make sure you baked "Position and Orientation"?

For further help, please add a screencast.

[imarhiagbe]

Yes i did, i had the pivot widow open all the time editing and baking, but
as soon as i change the object selected everything went back, have you
checked the file?

[mspeer]

Hi!

Yes, i did.

I have no problems changing the pivot.

Please provide a detailed screencast, so i can see what you are doing.

[imarhiagbe]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OukiEBrbGeSoXp5ZlpFlmfwLGD9KEDTs let me
know if you can open the link

[mspeer]

Hi!

Thanks, now i understand the problem.

Try this:

1. Delete the key at frame 15 with Rotate [0 0 0]

2. Orient Pivot to the center of the wheel.

3. Modify Freeze Transformations.

Now you can use Rotate X to rotate the wheel.

[mspeer]

Hi!

I forgot to add the screenshot for "2. Orient Pivot to the center of the wheel".

[imarhiagbe]

did and did but no luck, as you can see from this video the pivot does not like to stay where i place it if i rotate or click anywhere else https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kK2YMsacZLc_F5zBEdv33zTCvWmZO3DY

[mspeer]

Hi!

Sorry, it's not what you can see in my screenshot.

Again, orient to the center:

(Don't use Freeze Transformations afterwards)

[imarhiagbe]

hey, thanks for your time, but i that's not the problem i am having i can totally centre the pivot where ever i need to, my problem is that the pivot is not stay with the orientation i have set as soon as i click away not allowing me to rotate the gear properly https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pwpGcRdWndiiwgSUdUQ8oF6cU4nTjZ5P

[mspeer · Accepted solution]

Hi!

Your problem is rotation values + rotation order + how rotation works, but i will not go into detail here.

Again you did not do what i showed in my screenshot.

Don't move the pivot to front center vertex, just orient it to front center vertex.

This will work!!!

1. Delete the keyframe at frame 15

2. Select object and enable Rotate tool

3. Execute script

manipPivot -o -89.675576 -73.752606 -0.000463207 ;
BakeCustomPivot;

=> now you can use RotateX for rotation

[imarhiagbe]

well thanks you my savior, i would had never figure that out on my own