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Affect Pivot Only Affects only the pivot point of the selected objects.
NOTE A Scale transform has no effect on the pivot.
Affect Object Only Affects only the selected objects (and not the pivot point).
Affect Hierarchy Only Applies only to the Rotation and Scale tools. It applies
the rotation or scale to the hierarchy by rotating or scaling the position of the
pivot point without rotating or scaling the pivot point itself.
NOTE You can use this on hierarchies of 3ds Max objects, but don't use it on
Bones systems. To reposition, rotate or change the size of bones in a chain, see
Bones on page 901.
NOTE It's important to remember that the Align, Normal Align, and Align to View
functions are all affected by the state of Affect Pivot Only, Affect Object Only, and
Affect Hierarchy Only. Snap mode allows you to snap the pivot to its own object,
or to any other object in the scene.
Alignment group
The effect of these buttons depends on whether you chose Affect Pivot Only
or Affect Object Only. They don't apply to Affect Hierarchy Only.
If you chose Affect Pivot Only, the buttons work as follows:
Center to Object Moves the pivot to the center of its object.
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