working pivot in animation mode

hello
Is there a way or a chance to have a working pivot wotking in animation mode ???

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Anubis's picture

its animatable and before...

...just not directly but via helper, what we talk about here years ago and as the tutorial mention at the beginning as well.

i ever write a 2 years ago a mini tool for 'fake' pivot animation, but not remember whether i post a link here. it still in my web archive (search for "Quick Fake Pivot Animator").

but no doubt that the cat-controller is a good extension in Max2010 :)

some interesting thought in this topic is the Titane357 request: "I wanted to rotate vertexes", but there no rotation transorm for vertices.

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titane357's picture

it is my mistake : I wanted

it is my mistake : I wanted to rotate vertexes.....

Anubis's picture

well, to say the object to

well, to say the object to rotate is stored in variable someObj and variable target is a Dummy, then this:
about target rotate someObj 45 z_axis -- will rotate someObj about Dummy in Z axis by 45 degree

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titane357's picture

? sorry, I don't

? sorry, I don't understand... :-((

Anubis's picture

when use some helper as

when use some helper as target

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titane357's picture

hello Anubis Yes I know that

hello Anubis
Yes I know that pivot is not animatable, but it would be great to change and use a "pivot" for rotating an arm for instance when in animation mode, even if Max don't hold the pivot position itself.
In lightwave you can for eg. rotate around mouse position in screen view, it is very handy and speed..
I saw that maya can do this too... even in uv mode.

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pivot is not animatable

pivot is not animatable

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