Center Pivot

Automatically positions the pivot point at the center of the picked object.

Access this tool from the Transform tool palette:

Center Pivot Options

Rotation

The Rotation Pivot is displayed as a circle with a dot at the center.

Scaling

The Rotation Pivot is displayed as a circle with a dot at the center, while the Scaling pivot appears as an asterisk.

CV Centroid

Positions the pivot point at the centroid of all the CVs instead of center of the object itself.

Bounding Box

Positions the pivot point at the center of bounding box of the picked object.

Center Pivot workflow

Set the pivot to the centroid of an object:

  1. Pick the object.
  2. Select the Center Pivot tool.

Show or hide pivot points

  • Choose Toggles. The pivot points in all windows appear or disappear.