Orient a joint’s local axes manually
 
 
 

To manually orient a joint’s local axes

  1. Select the joint whose local rotation axes orientation you want to set.
  2. Select Display > Transform Display > Local Rotation Axes.

    The current joint’s local rotation axes appear.

  3. Click the Select by component type icon in the Status Line to turn on the component selection mode.
  4. Click the Select Miscellaneous components icon in the Status Line.
  5. -click the Select Miscellaneous components icon and turn on Local Rotation Axes in the menu that appears.

    You can now select the local rotation axis of your joint.

  6. Select the local axis.

  7. Do one of the following:

    For information on using the Rotate Tool, see Rotate Tool.

    This command rotates the current joint’s local axes 180 degrees about its X-axis.

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