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Selected
The center of the selected elements. This is the mode that was used prior to CINEMA 4D R9.
Root
The origin of the object that is at the root of the hierarchy.
Parent
The origin of the object’s immediate parent.
Bounds
The center of an invislbe bounding box that just ts the selected objects. You can offset the position
of the modeling axis away from the bounding box center using the X, Y and Z sliders.
Points
The center of all object points (including points that are not selected).
Camera
The center of the camera view.
Free
Any position in 3D space (use F10-drag to move the axis in the viewport).
Orientation
Denes the orientation of the modeling axis. Depending on which mode you select, the modeling axis
will point in the same direction as:
Axis
Dened by the Axis setting. In other words, the Axis setting (see above) will also be used to control
the modeling axis orientation.