{"id":729,"date":"2012-08-14T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T19:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkvertex.com\/wp\/?p=729"},"modified":"2020-07-15T16:33:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T20:33:23","slug":"softimage-trick-orient-center-with-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/darkvertex.com\/wp\/2012\/08\/14\/softimage-trick-orient-center-with-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"Softimage: Align center using faces, without scripting &#8230;LIKE A BOSS."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know you can do this? \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wpfiles.darkvertex.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Softimage_orientCenterWithFaces.gif\" alt=\"How to orient an object's center without scripting\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>BREAKDOWN<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<strong>1.<\/strong> Set an OK center position with &quot;<em>Move Center to Bounding Box<\/em>&quot; \/ &quot;<em>Move Center to Vertices<\/em>&quot;.<br \/>\n<strong>2.<\/strong> Enter &quot;<em>Center<\/em>&quot; mode. (top right)<br \/>\n<strong>3.<\/strong> Right-click on &quot;<em>Ref<\/em>&quot; button (below <em>Local<\/em>) and choose &quot;<em>Pick Polygon\/Edge\/Point Reference<\/em>&quot;.<br \/>\nClick an object to select it and highlight the desired components.<br \/>\n<strong>4.<\/strong> While still in both &quot;<em>Center<\/em>&quot; and &quot;<em>Ref<\/em>&quot; modes, reset rotation to 0,0,0 then go back to &quot;<em>Object<\/em>&quot; mode (top right), go &quot;<em>Local<\/em>&quot; mode and reset rotation to 0,0,0 again. &#8212; That&#8217;s it!<br \/>\nps: The faces need not be in the same object. (It could be another&#8217;s!)<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<a rel=\"shadowbox[Mixed];width=640;height=498\" href=\"http:\/\/cdn.darkvertex.com\/tutorialfiles\/recentering\/recentering_tutorial_stream.swf\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.darkvertex.com\/tutorialfiles\/recentering\/recentering_tutorial_thumb.png\" alt=\"Click to play video\" \/><br \/>\n[<strong>CLICK TO SEE VIDEO<\/strong>]<\/a>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>FILES<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.darkvertex.com\/tutorialfiles\/recentering\/recentering_tutorial_highQuality.swf\">DOWNLOAD TUTORIAL<\/a> (22Mb SWF, play it with Adobe&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/s3.darkvertex.com\/inc\/Adobe.Flash.Player.exe\">standalone Flash Player<\/a>) and grab <a href=\"http:\/\/s3.darkvertex.com\/tutorialfiles\/recentering\/recenteringTutorial_start.scn\">the example scenefile<\/a> to try this yourself!<\/p>\n<p><strong>FORUM THREADS<\/strong>: [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xsibase.com\/forum\/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=39429\">xsibase<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xsiforum.com\/forum\/index.php\/topic,6736.0.html\">xsiforum.com<\/a>]<br \/>\n&#8211;><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know you can do this? \ud83d\ude09 BREAKDOWN: 1. Set an OK center position with &quot;Move Center to Bounding Box&quot; \/ &quot;Move Center to Vertices&quot;. 2. Enter &quot;Center&quot; mode. (top right) 3. Right-click on &quot;Ref&quot; button (below Local) and choose &quot;Pick Polygon\/Edge\/Point Reference&quot;. Click an object to select it and highlight the desired components. 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