# How to use "Customize Pivot"?

#### **Function Introduction**

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Customizing the coordinate origin allows users to manually adjust the model's pivot position, enabling transformation operations such as rotation and scaling to be performed from a reference point that better aligns with the design intent. For example, moving the pivot of a door to the hinge allows for a natural opening and closing effect when rotating.

#### **Function Entry**

After selecting a model, you can enter through the following two methods:

  * Right parameter bar → 「Edit Pivot」 button

  * Right-click menu → 「Edit Pivot」

  *  _This feature is_ _**unavailable**_ _(button grayed out) when multiple objects are selected._

#### **Adjustment Method**

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  * **Drag** : Directly drag the pivot ball in the scene, supporting automatic adsorption to the object surface

  * **Precise Input:** Enter X / Y / Z coordinates and rotation angles in the right panel

  * **Feature point snapping:** Key points such as the bounding box center and centroid will highlight and trigger auto-snapping when the cursor is nearby.

> All operations support **Ctrl+Z** undo

#### **Save and Exit**

  * Click "Done" or press Enter: Save and exit

  * Press Esc: Cancel, axis returns to its original position

  * Right-click on the blank area: Save and Exit

  * Switch to other tools: Automatically save and exit

#### **Reset Origin**

  * Right parameter bar → 「Reset Pivot」

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#### **Group and Hierarchy**

  * You can set a Customize Pivot on a group itself. Group a double door, move the group’s pivot to the hinge, and the whole group swings open naturally when rotated.

  * Modifying a group’s pivot does not affect the individual pivots of the sub-objects within that group.

  * When you ungroup, the coordinate data at the group level clears, but each sub-object keeps the pivot you set for it.

#### **Precautions**

  * **Keyframe data** : Modifying the pivot of a model with keyframes will reset its keyframe data. A confirmation pop-up will appear; selecting "**Continue"** will clear keyframes and enter edit mode, while selecting "**Cancel"** will discard any changes.

  * **Copy inheritance** : Models created via `Ctrl+D`, `Alt+D`, `Shift` will automatically inherit the custom pivot of the source model.

  * **Asset replacement** : Replacing a model from the Asset Library will not inherit the old pivot; it will use the default pivot of the new asset .

  * **Export** : When saving as a `.d5a` file or adding it to the Local Library, Custom Pivot information is saved. The Pivot will remain consistent when the asset is opened in other scenes.