Pivot Rotation

Hi Folks,

I needed to do a box rotate around a pivot, I know its trivial and there are other posts about it but I did a little script that does the job, I hope it can help someone else out there, that's it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9O0u0EmtiI&feature=youtu.be

Code (csharp):

1.  
2.  
3. /*
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9.  \____/\___|_| |_|\___|_|  \__,_|_| \____/ \__,_/___\___/ \___/|_|\_\__,_|
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11. ==***==                                                                                                                      
12. * In a lazy sunday day.
13. */                      
14.  
15. using UnityEngine;
16. using System.Collections;
17.  
18. public class RotateAroundPivot : MonoBehaviour
19. {
20.     public Vector3 Pivot;
21.     public bool DebugInfo = true;
22.    
23.     //it could be a Vector3 but its more user friendly
24.     public bool RotateX = false;
25.     public bool RotateY = true;
26.     public bool RotateZ = false;
27.    
28.     void FixedUpdate()
29.     {
30.         transform.position += (transform.rotation*Pivot);
31.        
32.         if (RotateX)
33.             transform.rotation *= Quaternion.AngleAxis(45*Time.deltaTime, Vector3.right);
34.         if (RotateY)
35.             transform.rotation *= Quaternion.AngleAxis(45*Time.deltaTime, Vector3.up);
36.         if (RotateZ)
37.             transform.rotation *= Quaternion.AngleAxis(45*Time.deltaTime, Vector3.forward);
38.  
39.         transform.position -= (transform.rotation*Pivot);
40.        
41.         if (DebugInfo)
42.         {
43.             Debug.DrawRay(transform.position,transform.rotation*Vector3.up,Color.black);
44.             Debug.DrawRay(transform.position,transform.rotation*Vector3.right,Color.black);
45.             Debug.DrawRay(transform.position,transform.rotation*Vector3.forward,Color.black);  
46.            
47.             Debug.DrawRay(transform.position+(transform.rotation*Pivot),transform.rotation*Vector3.up,Color.green);
48.             Debug.DrawRay(transform.position+(transform.rotation*Pivot),transform.rotation*Vector3.right,Color.red);
49.             Debug.DrawRay(transform.position+(transform.rotation*Pivot),transform.rotation*Vector3.forward,Color.blue);
50.         }
51.     }
52. }

 

thanks, just what i needed!

but how do u save it, i need to do it in like editor so that the object gets the change

 

Why not just use Transform.RotateAround(); ??

http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/62059/rotate-around-a-point.html

 

Thank you so much man, it's exactly what I was looking for.
Merci ;-)

 

Thanks so much GeneralBazooka it saves my day!!

 

Wow! You helped me in 2021!

 

That's a great solution. I'll have a look at implementing it.