transform menu

global axes


Purpose
When this toggle button is active all transformations will be related to the position and orientation of the global axes.

Usage
Click the global axes toggle button to activate it. As a result, the global axes will be displayed on the screen. Click the toggle button again to deactivate it.

Comments
The default position of the global axes is the same position as the world coordinate system's origin. The operation of the following buttons relates to the position of the global axes when this button is active: move, rotate, size, x-y-z-size, squash, skew, mirror and the pos-, rot- and size x, y and z input boxes. There is only one global axes system but there are many local axes, one for every node in the tree. The position of the global axes can be changed when the move axes toggle button is active as well. The global axes toggle button cannot be active at the same time as the local axes toggle button. The x axis is represented by a red line, the y axis by a yellow line and the z axis by a blue line.

See also
local axes, move axes