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    • L Offline
      L i am
      last edited by

      Hi all, I have always had issues with keeping face me components anchored in place when I rotate the view. For instance a 2D tree, or person will pirouette around its original placement with a varying radius. This means I am always repositioning sometimes 10-20 trees or people for a particular view before I render. Is there a technique I can employ to remedy this? It would be almost life changing for my workflow.

      Thanks

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      • BoxB Offline
        Box
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        The position of the component axis controls how it will behave.
        If the axis is off to the side it will wave about as you describe but in the center it will rotate on the spot.
        So right click on the component and select change axes, then place it in the center.


        Axes.gif

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        • JQLJ Offline
          JQL
          last edited by

          @box said:

          The position of the component axis controls how it will behave.
          If the axis is off to the side it will wave about as you describe but in the center it will rotate on the spot.
          So right click on the component and select change axes, then place it in the center.

          Cool components box!

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          • BoxB Offline
            Box
            last edited by

            @jql said:

            Cool components box!

            Thanks. I spent many hours perfecting them.
            They can be yours for an exorbitant sum paid to my nigerian PayPal account.

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            • pbacotP Offline
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              • cottyC Offline
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                Maybe we can start a fund raising to get you paid for those ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                • BoxB Offline
                  Box
                  last edited by

                  @cotty said:

                  Maybe we can start a fund raising to get you paid for those ๐Ÿ˜‰

                  Here's a seductive bit of titillation that might help bring the investors in. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ


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                  • cottyC Offline
                    cotty
                    last edited by

                    We can call the project "dancing palms"...

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                    • pbacotP Offline
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                      last edited by

                      Need a camel

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                      • JQLJ Offline
                        JQL
                        last edited by

                        Could you paint it yellow, so it would really look like gold and I could droll?

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                        • L Offline
                          L i am
                          last edited by

                          Thank you box: ) Beautifully and eloquently demonstrated. So simple but it had me stumped. On the same principle I now just: 'edit component' then select the component and move its centre to the axis point shown.

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                          • chrisglasierC Offline
                            chrisglasier
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                            I am afraid I still don't get it - old age I guess.

                            horseman.png

                            Image on left in its skp component file has an understandable bounding box but not when imported into main skp file on right. I cannot get the thing to sit in the centre of the shelf. Other face me components are similar.

                            Enlightenment will be much appreciated.

                            With TBA interfaces we can analyse what is to be achieved so that IT can help with automation to achieve it.

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                            • tuna1957T Offline
                              tuna1957
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                              chrisglasier, when you import your face me component, right click and explode it. SU "components your component" when it is imported , if that makes sense . Explode it and your back to the original, see if that makes a difference in behavior.

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                              • chrisglasierC Offline
                                chrisglasier
                                last edited by

                                @tuna1957 said:

                                Explode it and your back to the original, see if that makes a difference in behavior.

                                Makes sense (works) thanks! Any tips how to anchor, for example, the horse to the center of the shelf?

                                With TBA interfaces we can analyse what is to be achieved so that IT can help with automation to achieve it.

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                                • BoxB Offline
                                  Box
                                  last edited by

                                  Your screenshot of the orginal tells me that the component axes is set at the bottom left corner, which is the default position. If you move the camera around and that corner stays attached to the origin then my guess is correct. As I demonstrated above you need to move the axes to the bottom ceter of your horse so that it spins on its midpoint.

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