Hi Team, I have a problem that have not been able to figure out the solution to yet. I have a group of meshes that originally it is positioned in the center of the scene. So, when I rotate the group using my mouse it rotates around the center in a tight rotation which is fine. Then I move the group…

Thanks @puxiao . I tried your suggestion: controls.minPolarAngle = -Infinity; controls.maxPolarAngle = Infinity; But it did not work. I still have the same limitations in rotation. It would have been great if camera-controls was based on TrackBallController instead of OrbitController (so it could …

[image] siamak: Then I move the group to the right or left of the scene and try to rotate, At this point the rotation becomes a wide circ How are you moving the group? Moving the group and then rotating the group should still rotate all children around the group.position?

I am moving the group using right click/drag of my mouse. So it is user initiated move and not an automatic move. Then I proceed to rotate it using leftclick/drag.

In that case, i think you are moving the camera with orbitcontrols. You’re not actually moving your object. OrbitControls makes the camera orbit around the controls.target vector3. Usually to move objects with the mouse we use TransformControls or something, in conjunction with OrbitControls. …

I am using ArcballControl @manthrax . @vielzutun.ch : The reason is I couldn’t get this approach to work. So I thought I try again with a fresh approach. I have exhausted all threejs examples to see if I see one that can help with that. But no matter what controller I use, whether it is Arcball con…

make a repro we can look at in codepen or glitch.

[image] siamak: Every example that I’ve seen in three JS once you move the mesh away from the center of the screen and rotate it, it rotates around the center of that scene and not around it’s own axis. That’s the fundamental misconception right there: An Arcball Control moves the camera, no…

[image] siamak: I have exhausted all threejs examples No, you did not. @Manthrax linked a perfect example involving TransformControls, and as of now I’ve been the only one who clicked it.

[image] siamak: I would love to see a working example Generally, it is much appreciated if people who ask for some solution also post a minimal working example, so that people who might provide help can easily work on it. If you want to move and rotate a group of objects you could either use…

Hi @vielzutun.ch I did not click that one because I had signed off by the time @manthrax posted it. I was just talking about other examples upto that point. BTW: that example also has the same issue. When you move the object to the side and rotate it rotates around the center of the scene in a wide…

How to change the rotation center of my group in the world scene after moving the group to a new location in the scene

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vielzutun.ch April 20, 2025, 4:46am 5

I’m having a deja-vu here. Why are you starting a new thread for the same question?

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How to change the rotation center of my group in the world scene after moving the group to a new location in the scene

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