Help! Origin locked to 3D Cursor

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#1

Not sure what I pressed along the way… (Story of my Blender life.)

But for some reason, every new mesh I add, the origin seems to be locked to the 3D cursor. I tried pressing “Alt+Ctrl+Shift+C” and selecting “Origin to Geometry”, and despite it showing being selected in the toolbar, as you can see, the origin doesn’t move. Instead it moves wherever I place the 3D cursor.

Any ideas how I did this and how to fix it?

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I just started making this and am ashamed to say I don’t have any saves to revert too :cry: Yelp…
Thanks in advance!

#2

I recreated the problem to make sure, but you have the pivot point turned to 3D cursor. Try changing it to active element or individual origins and that should do it. If not, at least we’ve ruled that out.

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#3

Wow xD easy fix! Thank you so much for the help!

I gotta watch where I click more carefully :slight_smile:

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#4

That is easy to do. If you intend to “reset zoom” by typing the keypad . but instead click the . to the left of the right shift key instead, you will lock rotation to 3d cursor. Hitting the , undoes that.

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#5

That’s actually exactly what happened XD. I guess out of habit when working with other programs I clicked it without thinking that the shortcuts are not interchangeable between the keyboard and the numberpad!

But thank you for the additional shortcuts! I’mma add . and , next to the shift key to my cheat-sheet!

Much obliged guys! Thanks for all the help as always. :slight_smile:

#6

Hey Zii, not sure if this will help but, I use a Wacom tablet and pen, and I hate using the numpad on any keyboard, so, in my Blender Preferences, under Input, I unchecked the 3 Button Mouse option, and checked the Emulate Numpad option. This allows me to use the regular number keys on my keyboard, and may help with the period and comma, though I’ve not used those shortcuts, so don’t know for sure whether it will work for you.

If you’re used to using the numpad, then this might hinder you more than help you, just thought you might like to know there is another option.

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#7

Im very shortcut crazy :slight_smile: so I think that would hinder more then help, BUT I am thinking about getting a pad so I’ll keep these tips in mind. Thank you :smiley:

#8

Hey guys, sorry to be such a bother, but I keep running into problems with my Origin…

This time the widget is askew, I’m not sure to realign it with the x,y,z axis…
Right now it’s moving at a slant.

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#9

@Zii do you see that thing called (cube.5) near the pivot point options

Click it and change it to global☺

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#10

Brilliance! Pure brilliance!

Thank you again good Samaritan xD, if only I could mark two solutions in one thread!

#11

Just wanted to share… Thanks to all your help, I kept working on this and my building is quickly turning into a town :D, thanks again guys for all the origin tips.

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#12

Wow, I like this composition.
If you have texured it, let us know. :1st_place_medal:

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