Display Options properties

 
 
 

The Display Options group of properties let you decide when Transformation pivots display, show or hide individual Transformation pivots, and define their size.

Property Resources: A. Pivot Display Options

Pivot Visibility

The Pivot Visibility menu lets you specify when you want translation, rotation, and scaling pivots for selected models to display. You can choose from the following three options:

Option Function
Disabled Pivots are never visible.
Visible when Selected Pivots are visible only when the object is selected. (default option)
Visible Pivots are always visible.

Pivot Options

Expand the Pivot Options group of properties to view a set of properties that let you show and hide each type of Transformation pivot, as well as set their size.

Show Translation Pivot

Displays the translation pivot, indicating where the local translation of the selected object is calculated.

Show Rotation Pivot

Displays the rotation pivot, indicating where the local rotation of the selected object is calculated.

Show Rotation Axis

Displays the rotational axis of the selected object. If you have not offset a rotation axis for the selected object, the axis displays at the object’s center. If the rotation pivot is offset from the object, the axis displays on the rotation pivot.

Rotation axes A. Rotation Axis at the center of a ball B. Rotation Axis is offset with the Rotation pivot to the top of the ball

Show Scaling Pivot

Displays the scaling pivot to show the point from which the local scaling of the selected object is calculated.

Show Hierarchical Center

Displays a light blue icon to indicate the final transformation of the selected object after the influence of transformation pivots, Degrees of Freedom, and pre- and post-rotation order are calculated. If the selected object is a parent to any child objects, transformations for the child objects are calculated from this point.

Show Geometry Center

Displays an orange axis at the center of a selected object when it is offset from its hierarchical center.

Geometry center icon displayed on a ball

Pivot Size

The default size of the Transformation pivots is 12. You can resize the Transformation pivots.

NoteThe size of a Transformation pivot does not change when you zoom in or out in the Viewer window.