Hard to Position Props

Fragg1960

Most of the times props are easy to position and manipulate, but sometimes I'll load a prop and while the xyz movements are generally fine, the xyz rotation controls are bugged.  The prop won't rotate correctly on it's y axis and sometimes the y and z axis rotation do the same thing.  It's almost like the prop lost it's rotation orientation or position in relation to xyz.  Obviously this makes the prop impossible to position correctly without a lot of fiddling (and sometimes I just can't put it where I want). 

Has anyone else experienced this, and is it something that is easy to correct for props that misbehave?

Richard Haseltine

That is Gimbal lock - the item is already rotated through about ninety degrees on one axis and that makes two of the rotations match. In DS, using the manipualtor, you can change the coordinate system used in Tool Settings. Otherwise, parent to a null and rotate that.

Fragg1960

Thanks.   Will give it a go.