.. |pivot-icon| image:: /images/scene-layout_object_editing_transform_control_pivot-point_menu.png

.. _pivot-point-index:

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  Pivot Point
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.. admonition:: Reference
   :class: refbox

   :Mode:      Object Mode and Edit Mode
   :Header:    |pivot-icon| :menuselection:`Pivot Point`

When rotating or scaling an object or group of vertices/edges/faces,
you may want to shift the :term:`pivot point` to make it easier to manipulate an object.
Using this selector in the header of any 3D View, you can change the location of the pivot point.

.. figure:: /images/scene-layout_object_editing_transform_control_pivot-point_popover.png


Pivot Types
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   bounding_box_center.rst
   3d_cursor.rst
   individual_origins.rst
   median_point.rst
   active_element.rst