to open a door, or not to opena door

[hartog 0]

sorry for the shakespear

ok i built a door and put the helper on it and eveything like all the tuts and questions asked say to do. now i go to rotate the door, and it rotates in the middle, not at the "hinge". is there a way to select the helper as the rotate point. or is there a way to cycle threw your snap settings and go from end point snap to a different sanp. like in autoCAD?

i know simple question, but these are the things that stump me

thanks hartog

[cobaka 0]

Just go to the Heirarchy tab on the right, select "affect pivot point only", then move the pivot point to the hinge.

[deleyt 0]

Just go to the Heirarchy tab on the right, select "affect pivot point only", then move the pivot point to the hinge.

Just moving the pivot is too inprecise.

Use the align tool for moving the pivot point to the helper:

Select your object.

Click the Hierarchy tab. Select "Affect Pivot Only"

Click the "align" tool located at the top-bar (right beside the "mirror"-tool).

A specail cursor will appear. Go to your helper and left-click on it.

A dialog box appears saying "Align Selection (x)".

Check the X, Y and Z boxes.

On the "current object", check the "pivot point" radio-button.

On the "target object", check the "Center" radio-button.

Click "OK".

That should move your pivotpoint exactly on the helper.

If the axis do not match you can also check the "align orientation (local)" boxes....it will then copy it's axis aswell.