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Transforming objects with Move and Rotate

Transforming objects with Move and Rotate - 3ds Max Tutorial

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Transforming objects with Move and Rotate

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- Now that we see how to change our viewpoint in 3D, let's also look at how to manipulate objects using the transforms. Transforms in 3D are position, rotation and scale. You'll see three buttons up here on the main tool bar. Select and move. Select and rotate and select and uniform scale. Currently, I've got my select object tool active and if I click on something it'll be selected. But I won't be able to move it. The select object tool is great when you want to just select something but not actually transform it or position it. To change the position of an object, use select and move and activate that button. That will allow you to position the object. It also allows you to select. So that we can see this a little bit better, I'm going to orbit around to the other side. Grab that orbit tool and just spin around, maybe position and then go back to my move tool. We can see that there's an access tripod here. In 3ds Max this is known as a gizmo. It's a manipulator that allows me to…

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