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NOTE While Edit Working Pivot is active, the current selection is locked to the
working pivot and cannot be changed without exiting this mode.
Use Working Pivot When on, lets you transform the current selection (objects
or sub-objects) with respect to the working pivot. The transform gizmo, when
visible, moves to the working pivot location. In this mode you typically
transform the selection by manipulating the gizmo rather than the selection.
This mode overrides the current transform space for all transforms. Exiting
this mode restores the individual coordinate system for each transform tool.
By default, this sets the geometric center for rotate and scale transforms to
Use Transform Coordinate Center on page 979; that is, the working pivot
position. To specify a different transform center, use the
Use Center flyout on
page 975.
You can activate Edit Working Pivot while using the working pivot; when you
exit Edit Working Pivot, Use Working Pivot mode is restored.
Align To View Reorients the working pivot so that its XY plane is parallel to
the active view plane and the X and Y axes are parallel to the viewport edges.
Available only in Edit Working Pivot and Use Working Pivot modes.
Reset Moves the working pivot to the pivot location of the selected object.
With multiple selected objects, the working pivot moves to the pivot position
of the last-selected object. With a sub-object selection, the working pivot
moves to the geometric center of the selection (the averaged position of the
selected sub-objects).
If the working pivot doesn’t appear onscreen, use Reset to move it to a known
location.
Place Pivot To group
These controls let you position the working pivot by clicking the mouse instead
of with transform tools. To use, click the View or Surface button, and then
click in a viewport to position the working pivot there. To exit, right-click the
active viewport or click the button again. You’re then returned to the previous
transform tool and working pivot mode if you were using one.
View Places the working pivot in screen space without changing its depth in
the screen. Thus the placement is on a grid that is parallel to the screen,
intersecting the original position of the pivot.
Surface Places the working pivot on a surface you click on, or, if no surface
is present where you click, the construction plane. This works like
AutoGrid
on page 2597, and you can see the gizmo previewing the alignment to the normal
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