Help a Noob v0.01? "Rotate Multiple Objects around Center"

Submitted by toonhound on Sun, 2010-02-28 17:56

I have just started learning a little maxscript, and will probably be needing a lot of help, hence the title v0.01.

I'm trying to rotate a character mesh that is broken up into 39 actual mesh body parts.

problem is that when I apply this script all the 39 separate parts seem to only rotate around their own center.

this is the script I used:

select $mesh* --selects all 39 parts
rotate $ (angleaxis 90 [1,0,0])

I would like them to rotate as if I selected them all as a whole in the viewport and then rotated them around the center.
basically just take a whole character model and stand it up from a laying position.

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Submitted by Anubis on Sun, 2010-02-28 18:59.

The expresion "$.center" will

The expresion "$.center" will give you a center of all selected objects and using mxs special keyword "about" you can write a expression like this:
about $.center rotate $ (angleaxis 90 [1,0,0])
Of course, this way, the center will be strongly relative to the character pose, so if you use linked hierarchy for your character, you can rotate only the top-head parent and the children will folow it.

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Submitted by toonhound on Sun, 2010-02-28 19:14.

Thank You, That worked

Thank You,

That worked perfectly in my case as it was just a character in T-pose with no linked hierarchy.:)

Thanks again

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