Can you change the rotation center?
Can you change the rotation center?
(OP)
I am new to Pro-E, and have started using it with a spaceball, which helps a lot, but now I am wondering if it is possible to change the rotation center when I turn objects in space. When the object is far from the origin, it is a pain when the object translates all over the place when I am rotating it.





RE: Can you change the rotation center?
there then;
type>preferences..
that will give you 5 options for spin center
model center,screen center,point/vertex, edge or axis, and co-ord sys
RE: Can you change the rotation center?
spin_control
Specifies the mode in which an object is spun when you spin it. (To spin an object, choose View > Orientation, select Dynamic orient from the Type list in the Orientation dialog box, and then use items under Spin.)
click—Enables you to pick at any place of the scale, and the model is quickly reoriented to this position.
drag—Enables you to change the model orientation continuously by picking on the current value and dragging it along the scale (to stabilize the orientation angle, pick on the scale again).
If this option is not included in the configuration file, the mode is chosen by Pro/ENGINEER according to platform-specific hardware capabilities.
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 4.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NIVIDA Quadro FX 1400
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RE: Can you change the rotation center?
Be careful when the mouse isn't over any geometry, because it may pick some point way off in space..
For this reason, it is good to program a Previous Orientation mapkey onto one of the buttons on your Spaceball