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488 Chapter 12: Animation
• Defines the joint location for inverse kinematics
(IK) (page 2–435).
You can adjust the position and orientation of an
object’s pivot point at any time using the buttons
in the Adjust Pivot rollout in the Hierarchy panel.
Adjustinganobject’spivothasnoeffectonany
children linked to that object.
Note: Yo u c a n n o t a n i m a t e t h e f u n c t i o n s u n d e r t h e
Adjust Pivot rollout. Adjusting an object’s pivot on
any frame changes it for the entire animation. Use
caution when adjusting the pivot of an animated
object. Adjusting the pivot on one frame might
produce unexpected results in another part of the
animation. You should adjust the pivot point to
the location you want, before you start to animate,
if possible.
Tip: Use the Link constraint (page 2–403) to
sim ulate the effect of an animated pivot.
The Pivot panel has two rollouts:
Adjust Pivot Rollout (page 2–488)
Adjust Transform Rollout (page 2–489)
Adjust P ivot R ollout
Make a selection in the viewpor t. > Hierarchy panel >
Pivot b utton > Adjust Pivot rollout
You can adjust the position and orientation of an
object’s pivot point (page 3–995) at any time using
thebuttonsintheAdjustPivotrollout.Adjusting
an object’s pivot has no eff ect on any children
linked to that object.
You cannot animate the functions under the Adjust
Pivot rollout. A dj usting an object’s pivot on any
frame changes it for t he entire animation.
Pivot point sets hand to the center of the clock face.
Procedure
To r epositi on a n object’ s piv ot poi nt:
1.
SelectanobjectandthenturnonAdjustPivot
rollout>AffectPivotOnly.
2. Move or rotate the pivot.
Yo u c a n a l s o u s e Alig n (page 1–462), Normal
Align (page 1–465),andAlign to View (page
1–468) on the toolbar to align the pivot.
See Adjust Transform Rollout (page 2–489) for
related information.
Interfa ce
Move/Rotate/Scale group
Each of the buttons in the Move/Rotate/Scale
group box highlights when active. This determines
which part of the object is affected by the three
buttons in the Alignment area, as well as the
Transform and Align commands on the Main
toolbar .