Change pivot of a group

ruekaka

Hello all,

is it possible to change the pivot point of a group? By default it's at one corner of the bounding box. That's fine for moving, but not so helpfull if I want to rotate to group.

I  added a dummy object and use that as a parent for the group as a workaround, but I wonder if it is possible without that additional object.

Any hint is wellcome.

duckbomb

You can use the joint editor tool to change the pivot points, but I'm not a pro at it.  I just usually pull the green and the red little circles around until they are both in the same place, and that's where the new rotation point is.

Honestly, what I always do is just create a new group with everything, even if its a group of a group, and that way the new pivot point will be the "middle" of all of the contained items, at floor level.  If it's a scene you're going to be going back to, like a set or something, then it's worth it to do it the right way so things don't get confused, but if it's a one and done render burn, you can just group them so you can easily manipulate and then forget about after you render.

Mistara

hold the shift key to move the hot point  - if you using Carrara

ruekaka

Thanks a lot for your replies. Yes, I forgot to mention the software, it's DAZ Studio.