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KenH · 10th July 2008, 03:59 PM

Hi,

I have used this to swing a hinged door in a wall, putting my axis through the line of the hinge pins.

The object or group to be rotated must contain at least two vertices on the axis that you want to rotate around.

Press the "c" first to establish that you are using a custom axis. In vertex mode, select two vertices on the axis, either by selecting them individually while holding down the shift key or by looking along the axis and selecting the vertices using a bounding box, then press the "set axis". The status bar at the bottom should say "got axis from vertices OK". Switch to object mode and select the object that these vertices belong to, type the required rotation angle, and press the + or - as appropriate.

Ken

10th July 2008, 03:59 PM	#2
KenH Junior Member Junior member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK Posts: 7	Re: C Axis advice Hi, I have used this to swing a hinged door in a wall, putting my axis through the line of the hinge pins. The object or group to be rotated must contain at least two vertices on the axis that you want to rotate around. Press the "c" first to establish that you are using a custom axis. In vertex mode, select two vertices on the axis, either by selecting them individually while holding down the shift key or by looking along the axis and selecting the vertices using a bounding box, then press the "set axis". The status bar at the bottom should say "got axis from vertices OK". Switch to object mode and select the object that these vertices belong to, type the required rotation angle, and press the + or - as appropriate. Ken Last edited by KenH; 10th July 2008 at 04:01 PM.