Easiest way to move origins in Blender ( Transform origin / pivot point / axis / center )

[@seankelly5318]

Just to clarify, select the object then hold the Ctrl key while pressing the period key ( the full stop with the "greater than" symbol above it). Cheers bro.

[@valeriemoran6289]

THANK YOU! I was using the period in the number pad and it wasn't working, good to know it has to be the one with the ">" above it

[@Acelestialerror]

In Al honestly, this comment explains this better than the video thx

[@PhantomIsOdd]

Thank you.

[@happy-jz3bn]

thank u

[@joncorv]

It blows my mind how blender doesn't put all the tools accessible in the menus. I searched for this for weeks only to stumble upon this answer by accident. Thanks for sharing.

[@GE0attack]

maya and max has the basics figured on some level blender needs find or just copy the basics from maya so its seamless to transition one soft to other

[@spacekitt.n]

the locations of everything and tools are so hidden in blender sometimes. you just gotta remember it. the good thing about blender though is the huge community who will answer your question within minutes if you have one. maya and others just dont have the blender userbase which is its biggest asset

[@aliakdogan9426]

honestly , i was using an addon for this ...didint know blender had it all along

[@hvaccconcepts]

I wanted to watch this tutorial twice because it is such a magnificent tip. I have been using Blender for over 4 years and never learned this. I just happened to stumble upon this tutorial by chance........ This is going to make mi life so much better.

[@TPVPRO]

I found it out by accident 😄

[@SochetraCGArts]

Switching from Maya to blender , This is the only one that was hard for me to search for on internet lol. In maya we called this one custom axis ( Holding D + V to snap axis or pivot point to vertex ). Thanks a bunch, been switching to blender for like 2 years now, it's always bugging me until now lol.

[@StrongmanLi-pz7sl]

there is a 3d artist called bob who made a video called Maya to Blender survival guide, he introduced his methods to change pivots, which is quite amazing, that makes maya user much much more comfortable than ever if people could use his pref file. you can go and check.

[@buizelmeme6288]

Ctrl + Period (the "." key) (Don't do Period + Ctrl! It doesn't work!) Rember to Ctrl + Period again when you're done! (or it will not work!)

[@jelleroggen]

And not the "." on the numpad, but near the M

[@tranezalore5653]

you are good add-on of him.😂😂❤❤

[@김민우-i3h]

Using 3d cursor to snap object orientation was unnecessarily complexed' but using this tip will enhance blender user's work time as fast as maya's. This is treasure

[@kjowl]

thank you you saved my head from smashing into my monitor and my headaches, thank you sir changing the world out here

[@jmh3d]

111K views. Only a few million to go so everyone knows. I saw a video a little while ago where it had "the easiest" way to move the origin point to various parts of the object. As soon as he moved the 3D cursor to the object, I almost fainted. He proceeded to do a few more steps, and finally, he had a box with a lid/hinge. Of course I couldn't wait to post the Ctrl + period shorcut! I should have posted the link to this vid, so I'll do that next time, too. Anyway, I'd also like to add that once in pivot mode, it will follow all the snapping rules, too! So you can snap it to edges, verts, faces, other objects, etc. There are 3 videos comprising 200 blender tips I need to go post this link to. Thanks again for finding this. I use it every day for almost every object.

[@quick-tutorials]

Yessss. So many tutorials that just got me struggling even harder but this one is easy, quick, and 100% did exactly what I wanted to do. Thank you!

[@-webster3120]

I've been going into edit mode and moving the whole model. This is a great tip! Thanks!

[@aniruddhasaswadkar5365]

Holy mother of Creation I needed this so bad! Thank you so much for this video, dude. This video is an instant like for me- I have spent so much time being annoyed by the origin being off for my models especially when the object has ben separated from the parent shape, but now i have a solution!! I really don't care about sounding corny, thanks again for this video!

[@CyrusDemar]

Yes! This was driving me nuts! Thanks!

[@erikm9768]

FINALLY, knew it was possible but i just forgot how to do it as i didnt use blender for a while, i had to search for like 1 hour not kidding because everyone just keeps talking about the dmn 3D cursor or whatever when this SO MUCH FASTER... Okay I will put it in my cheat sheet from now and never forget again

[@Penguish211]

If you click on the little screwdriver and wrench icon in the properties panel for the move tool, you can assign a keybind to this function by going to options, transform, affect only (origins), right click, add shortcut. Hope this helps someone.

[@Sysgrunge]

This is a real tip oh my God. I trying to do this for a long time

[@esotericvisions6921]

Thank you so freaking much my freaking glob the headaches I have had trying to figure this out

[@jeremythompson1905]

2 mins and answers the question. *slow clap starts with standing ovation*

[@defaultdan9715]

It's called ... shut the f... love it! Great video, great sense of humor, strait to the point! 10/10 video!

[@flamedphoenix84]

Thank you very much. Very easy wish there were better Keyboard shortcut than what there are out there for Blender

[@eSportsGamingOfficial]

THANK YOU! love the simplicity

[@Nebulous6]

Good tutorial. It's a shame that it's so cumbersome to rotate around a specific vertex. If you have a quick way to do that, I'm love to hear it.

[@jatinkp]

Thanks sir it really help me while doing these types of animation...

[@geocentrictruth]

Thanks bro, clear and straight to the point!

[@mobilecowcamp]

This video is not understandable to me. It goes too fast, many steps are not explained, many many buttons and controls are not explained.

[@q.a5831]

CTRL + Period

[@UnchartedWorlds]

thank you, it worked perfectly! Just when I was wondering why doens't Blender allow me to move the pivot manually, boom its there!

[@malstrand]

love the quick and easy f-ing thingy tutorial! cheers

[@Ttroen1]

Straight to the point 🫶🏾💥💥💥

[@erikm9768]

Ctrl + period is a bit inconvenient though since you cant do it with your left hand only

[@intelligenceservices]

all i want to know is how to set an objects origin to the world origin or the 3d cursor after screwing up and moving an object outside of edit mode. can't count how many times i've googled it, learned it, and forgot it immediately. learning blender is like learning everybodys name at a keg party.

[@BreakthruMediaTV]

You da man, straight to the point, Thanks

[@A_man_]

it is so helpful and simple 😎😎 loved it sir

[@Gabriel-ServantOfGod]

I'm a Spanish speaker, and I always struggle when hearing "press the x thing key" and i'm like, wow, no clue where that is. The ctrl + period key, is what i would call the ctrl and point key. The key you press to write a point to end a sentence. In case anyone wonderer. Peace.

[@AglaeJuarez]

dude, Thank you, you just saved me so many headaches

[@kim-xq6wr]

thank you best tutorial ever

[@NewDataStudio]

Very well explained and straight to the point!..thanks!

[@aidanhester5807]

It's just ctrl period to move it in object mode guys

[@fytonchem7945]

How do you move it after you press “Ctrl”, ” .”

[@mateusaugusto5387]

Thanks so much broooo... i'm from Brazil... and if wasn't you and Duolingo i won't will understand anything of it....

[@hvaccconcepts]

tHANKs SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS TUTORIAL!

[@danraz0ralice340]

Thank you been suffering with this

[@koganbros.9351]

TY MY MAN THAT WAS HELPFULL AND FUNNY

[@isabellaremedios8491]

This is great and I love your energy. Thank you!

[@BedeLaplume]

Briilaint works like a charm thanks!

[@SlothHuntOnYou]

1:03 is start video

[@RadMonsterGamer]

Quick and easy, thank you!

[@AHMADYOUNAS-tq5qq]

best quick tutorial

[@maciekg3019]

but now.. can you show how to connect the left thing to the right thing and be able to move them like an arm with many connections??

[@Mnogomer]

I want to say, that in Industrial keymap this tool need to create manually.

[@_casg]

lmfao that text was funny af good ahhh tut

[@andyclark3611]

@ TPV Productions I have a few questions on the headman fender well headers. Do you tires scrub them if the wheels are turned all the way? Does the A-arms touch them when extended ?

[@TPVPRO]

Yes it sure does rub I have 1" spacers to help.

[@tha.mi_]

not working for some reason. when i move the pivot away after clicking ctrl+. it snaps back to its previous position.

[@sandynguyen3162]

Is there a way to snap the pivot/origin point to a face/edge/vert/grid like in Maya?

[@shawnrobinson8046]

Thank you! Straight to the point and very helpful.

[@suchi8750]

you saved me,thank you very much

[@GabrielFujiwara43]

for a moment i thought it was James Pumphrey from Donut Media

[@orionwoitte4465]

Whenever i move my objects the move thingy just snaps back to the center of the work area

[@heetsoneji3694]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@slingblade313]

I hit ctrl period and nothing happens a little text at the bottom says lasso select

[@Finreii]

I move the pivot all the time in 3DS Max, I'm still not use to everything being bound to hotkeys in blender :( Thank you!

[@sudayang1230]

What does 'ctrl period' mean? press ctrl, then ?? When I press ctrl, I can't see the gizmo that I can move.

[@cas_lovesjake8219]

Is there any way for me to import an object without having to configure the origin all of the time? This is causing me problems to curve objects because this origin isn't in the appropriate position.

[@yesiamalignedwiththeuniverse]

thank you very much life savor...

[@rajahutan1698]

thanks for sharing this

[@AMANDEEP_OP]

Hi brother, I am facing an issue, I made a 3D model and I animated it and then moved it to the location where I wanted to move, but when I am play my model is moving to its old location... Do you have any idea how to solve this problem?

[@ianmbuya9217]

Good tutorial, Verry Amerikhan (Insert supreme-Leader Accent)

[@michalpohanka4750]

It works only in Object Mode. Any idea how to do it in Edit Mode?

[@ThiGrunfeldt]

subscribed only for the first 20s xD

[@Phoxcario]

I completely forgot about the secret areas in Battle Nework 2 and 3.

[@rahulpawar9036]

great...thanks, but how we can activated snapping like vertex, edge , grid etc?

[@erispe]

shift+tab toggles the snapping, but you have to set it to the mode you want. There's no key for vertex snapping or grid snapping specifically like in Maya

[@NeuraTech-h6p]

Amazing.

[@junsparrow1284]

woww your a man thank you

[@KoshNaranick]

THANK YOU!!!

[@golemtabak1183]

Great, thank you!

[@shantanu83]

Pressing ctrl+ period shows where the origin of the object is, but how to move it?

[@TPVPRO]

Like anything else

[@blitzxedits7]

THANKS DUDE!

[@LucasRamos-ko4kg]

You're the best!

[@AmarjeetSingh-tm8bj]

how to change origin in pose mode like this ?

[@ppgf]

doesn't work for me. ctrl + . does nothing. Blender 4.1

[@mintsharpii258]

thank you holy shit blender is so inaccessible.

[@pawatchaix3230]

control + space bar doesnt allow me to move the pivot it changes to full screen

[@TPVPRO]

Well it's ( control + . )

[@III-do3dm]

The origin does not follow its mesh please help

[@lukepartida944]

Ur the goat 🐐

[@allanquezon]

thanks. peace out

[@MrLaxr-op4be]

Thanks !

[@nachtigallfox8986]

Control period allows you to change origin point video was to long sorry

[@VertexCarver]

Thank you.

[@gobgob3628]

now how do you export with that positioned axis ?

[@gobgob3628]

i figured it out dont bake on export

[@TPVPRO]

@@gobgob3628 I don't do much of that so I would have been no help.

[@ariqmuzhoffar6473]

ty so much

[@okamitsu7930]

Us on Azerty .... what just happenned ? lol after some research that period is our ; or . button. so Ctrl + ;

[@EmptycatArt]

1:03 for the actuall intructions

[@gracesonfernandes6008]

what is ctrl period

[@santutunga3349]

how to reset the pivote point?

[@louiscampeau7823]

maybe its because I have a new version of blender or any other reason but this doesn't work

[@TPVPRO]

I have 4.0 works fine

[@قلبالتنين-ل7ث]

You are my hero man thanks a lot ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Here's 1 like and subscribe

[@ralphmoreau2768]

thank you very much

[@JoseWolff]

thnx!

[@AJ-mw4nb]

Your voice sounds like the last guy you'd trust in a group during a zombie apocalypse.

[@Tallacus]

Ctrl Period the Insert Key for you Maya users

[@Ðogecoin]

ty

[@marceloromero9850]

tks! :)