Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold
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Rotation question
All i'm trying to do is rotate the rotation axis if you know what i mean. For example, i have basically a coffin. obviously, in order to open smoothly, the lid needs to pivot using the angled edge as a pivot axis.... but both the local and world axes run straight up the center line of the coffin. Is there any way to rotate the axis arounf which your object rotates?
Sorry if that doesn't make sense of this has already been addressed elsewhere
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Cheers for the reply but i don't think i made things clear enough. Moving the pivot does not change the angle of the plane around which the object rotates... therefore when i if i move the pivot to somewhere on the edge of the coffin lid, the rotation axis still dictates that it rotates around the world x-axis for example, but the coffin edge does not follow this x-axis. I then have to spend ages rotating a bit in each axis until i get the right position
Sorry for the confusion... think i might be missing something obvious.
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As a side note, I am not certain if this will work for a pivot; this really pertains to orienting joints' local rotation axis.
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