Dynamic Component, rotate around center

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Hi guys,

I’m making a spotlight component that needs to rotate in any direction, with the attachment staying in place. I will have many of these in my scene, and they all need to be a blessing to rotate in a different direction.

So to make that work I’m making a dynamic component (LIGHTING DEVICE) that is nested inside another component. (SPOLIGHT_VWFL).

I can rotate the device around it’s center manually. But I want to make it easier by adding editable attributes to it. So I’ve added ‘Rotx, Roty and Rotz’ attributes to the dynamic component. But the problem I have is that the component doesn’t rotate around its center.

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Is there a way to fix this in a dynamic component? Or maybe there is a different way to get this done?

Thanks in advance!

Maarten

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you need to place one of the rotation within an extra nesting, plus be mindful of the axis
can you upload the component?
then can advise within your context

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dynamic_component.skp (327.6 KB)

Here you go!

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okay. you have to bear with the time difference, I am in Tasmania Australia
unless someone else is free to help

you do need to consider the axis positions of the objects
can you indicate where and what needs to rotate

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this rotates at center, there appears to be an axis I can use.
I moved the main object(s) into the attachment and assume it rotates here, matched the axis position, then passed an attribute from the parent to this object(s)

this rotates on y at center .skp (145.2 KB)

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Thanks for the help! Beautiful Tasmania! I’ve been there once in 1997. Amazing place.

I managed to solve it thanks to your help. Attached the file as I will be using it (with vray lights)

dynamic_liughting_component.skp (351.9 KB)

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