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Rotate and scale objects

Rotate and scale objects - 3ds Max Tutorial

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Rotate and scale objects

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- [Narrator] Previously we saw how to use the select and move tool. Now let's take a look at rotate and scale. And those are also found on the main tool bar. Activate select and rotate, select an object such as this chair, and we get the rotate gizmo which looks like an orb. And it's composed of three interlocking circles that are color coated to the three axes. Red, green and blue correspond to x, y and z. If I click and drag on the red circle, rotate around the world x axis in this case. I'll undo that with control + z. Click and drag on the blue circle to rotate around the world z axis. And once again undo that. If you click directly in the center, then you'll get a track ball like effect in which you're rotating in all three axes at once. And I'll undo that as well. There's also a circle around the orb, and that will let you rotate in screen space. And that's really not that useful in the perspective you but it…

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