What’s going on and how can I do what I want to do? The effect I’m trying to create is that a piece of paper is folded in half. My scene is fairly simple. (More or less)If that is not what you want, but indeed manually set the 3D cursor and have the camera rotate around that, I don't have a solution, sorry. The period key beside the comma not one on the numpad sets the pivot point to cursor. If there is (or there's a plugin for it), please god tell me. The is also a selection box in the 3d window header to change the pivot mode (hover for the tooltip). I’m trying to fold that piece of paper in half. Learning blender, great fun, but I’m having trouble figuring out how to do the following: I have rigged a character with a rig that includes a root bone to move everything (similar to nozzy’s rig). jayanam writes: This is a quick tip about using the Blender 3D cursor as a pivot point for rotation. Now the thing I'm focused on is the rotation point. By jayanam on November 5, 2016 Videotutorials. I specifically don't want to rotate around selection. I guess the experienced Blender users know how to use this, but for beginners this can be a new and useful information. Blender 3D cursor for rotation 0. Set pivot point to 3d curser (shortcut is . To do that in 3DS I would select the edge, move the Rotation Point to the center of the piece of paper, and rotate. I’ve hit a point where I can find a certain, presumably simple, solution. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Maybe I was having a fever dream at some point, but isn't there an option for rotating around the 3D cursor? If I need to rotate around something specific, I go to the front view, put it in the center of the screen, then the left or right view and center it again. Navigation¶. I’m making the change from 3DS Max & Rhinocerous to Blender. ), Shift+S also gives you curser snapping options to position it, Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled. For preemptive clarification; I'm not talking about scaling or rotation objects around the median point or 3D cursor or other associated options, I'm talking about middle click rotating around the view, with the 3D cursor acting as the pivot. Google, Youtube, the Blender Wiki, and the search function on this site have been serving me quite well. Press J to jump to the feed. Well, I'll be damned. Maybe I was having a fever dream at some point, but isn't there an option for rotating around the 3D cursor? Thank you! My scene is fairly simple. For some reason, there's a big circle around my cursor and I don't know how to get rid of it or how I got it. I’ve hit a point where I can find a certain, presumably simple, solution. This will center your selection and set it as the camera rotation center. Edit: Scrap that, if I move the cursor around, it’s not consistent. It’s been 3 days so far and all has been well. Hi All, I’m making the change from 3DS Max & Rhinocerous to Blender. Now the thing I'm focused on is the rotation point. About Author. It works perfectly fine if I e.g. Yes I know, that’s what I meant with setting the rotation pivot to cursor (sorry for messing up the terminology). Learning blender, great fun, but I’m having trouble figuring out how to do the following: I have rigged a character with a rig that includes a root bone to move everything (similar to nozzy’s rig). I'm in object mode and I can't click a single thing. Actually, I just realized that it is as if the center point of the bone is offset from where I see the bone on the screen, is that possible? Despite the fact that clicking anywhere is jerky as hell, that is (in fact) 100% what I asked for. Right now, I have my 3D view rotation set to the defaults. I hope you or somebody else find the time to cover some of the other areas of blender (like the animation system) as well. To be able to work in the three-dimensional space that Blender uses, you must be able to change your viewpoint as well as the viewing direction of the scene. Google, Youtube, the Blender Wiki, and the search function on this site have been serving me quite well. Not sure what you mean, but if you don't want to manually shift your camera to rotate around a specific object (and don't want that set by default in the options), you can select anything and then hit , on the numpad. /r/blender is a subreddit devoted to Blender, the amazing open-source software program for 3D modeling, animation, rendering and more! One of the most underrated features of Blender 3D is the 3D cursor. Navigating in the 3D space is done with the use of both mouse movement and keyboard shortcuts. Instead it rotates around some other mysterious point that I haven’t been able to identify (not the pink dot).

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