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From: Xavi <javier0003@mundivia.es>
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Subject: Re: "center"
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 03:18:21 +0200
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Check the matrix tutorial on my page,
( Hierarchical Transformations section )

http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~javier/

Jamin Frederick wrote:
> 
> Ok, here's another problem.  How to make an object rotate around separate
> pivot points once it is loaded into memory.  For instance, if I load a rod
> object, and decide to push on one end, the pivot point is no longer in the
> center of the rod, but farther at the opposite edge.  The question is *how* to
> rotate the object now, since I don't want it to go around the old pivot point
> (the center), but around the new pivot point.  Is there a way to do this
> without having to alter the center of the object, which means changing every
> single polygon vertex??