Autodesk 663B1-05A111-1001 User Guide - Page 66

4 | Transforming objects How do I? > Change the pivot point Basics 66 Note The position of the reflection plane on the manipulator doesn't correspond to the actual origin of reflection (which may be outside of the current view); it's just a visual indication of the reflection plane (x, y, or z). Notes on the using the Reflection setting • The reflection color feedback automatically appears whenever the reflection setting is turned on and cannot be optionally turned off. The color feedback will not display if you momentarily edit an attribute in the Channel Box. The reflection color feedback will automatically update whenever the reflection center, axis, or tolerances are changed. • The reflection color feedback only appears on NURBS surfaces when the surface is displayed in shaded mode. When textures are applied to the shading material on a NURBS surface they will temporarily not display on the surface while the transformation tool with reflection settings are in use. • Reflection color feedback does not appear on subdivision surfaces. • The Reflection color feedback indicates the components affected by the current selection. In some cases, components may or may not appear with color feedback based on the original component selection, reflection center, axis, or tolerances. For example, when the Center setting is set to Bounding box, when the object shape is irregular, there may not be a corresponding component to highlight based on the shape of the bounding box. In this situation you should try setting the Center setting to Origin, and set the Move setting to either Local or Object space. Related topics ™ "Move Tool" on page 186 ™ "Rotate Tool" on page 190 ™ "Scale Tool" on page 192 Change the pivot point To move the selected object's pivot 1 Select a transformation tool such as the Move Tool, Rotate Tool, or Scale Tool. 2 Press the Insert or Home key to switch the manipulator to pivot point mode. 3 Use the manipulator to move the pivot point. 4 Press Insert or Home again to switch the manipulator back to normal mode. To move the pivot point using exact values 1 Show the Attribute Editor and click the transform node's tab.