Norfolk N Waye Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 As the title says, I'm building a 27 metre racing sloop. Everything was going well until I started planking the bow. Now, for some strange reason, the rotation gizmo has decided to be uncooperative when I try to fit a plank properly. Whenever I try to use the blue (vertical axis) my plank turns up and back instead of just tilting back. HardhopR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeiLing Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Change it to center and not pivot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaganda Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 rotate the camera a bit to the left... from this angle you are garbing onto the freeform rotation axis not the blue axis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliviax Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 play with G n L see what works on u if ur on L change on G n vice versa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norfolk N Waye Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 Thank you for all the help. It did the same thing on Pivot or Center. Aliviax 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob. Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Turn on your transform tool and try to put the center of your ramp closer to position x=0 and z=0 the closer one is to x= 0, y= 0 and z = 0 in position the better it is for the room. It works better and easier. Aliviax 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenC Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Another tip for this kind of work.If you start working on an angle, and want the next item(prim) to automatically to be at that same angle, then change the "Global" setting to "local".Global follows the standard X and Y, Local follows your actual work and ignores the X and Y. Aliviax 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norfolk N Waye Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 Thank you Jen! Switching to 'Local' has definitely helped although I wish we had either more solids or ways to manipulate them. Ideally for this project, I'd love to be able to cover the hull with several sheets that could be altered to fit its contours, instead of placing individual planks. C'est la vie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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