Snap Working Pivot Tools. New toolbar in 3Ds MAX 2023.

3D max 2023 features a new toolbar for working with Working Pivot. This toolbar is Snap Working Pivot Tools.

Tools menu

Snap Working Pivot Tools panel

It is a new useful method to adjust the Working Pivot. Adjusting the position and orientation of the pivot is very important for a modeling and animation workflow.

Press Tools > Snap Working Pivot Tools to access a number of customizable pivot functions. The commands are also available in the context menu (right mouse button).

Place and Align Working Pivot

Place Working Pivot: When active, you can click and place your Working Pivot to any vertex, edge or face component, or midpoints of those components of the active object in the scene.
Align Working Pivot: When active, you can interactively adjust an axis orientation of the Working Pivot by clicking and dragging the axis. The axis will then snap to other valid vertex, edge, or face components on the active object, allowing the pivot to be realigned.
Selection Pivot: Selection Pivot allows you to align the position and orientation of the Working Pivot to the average of your current vertex, edge or face selection.
Create Point From Working Pivot: A new Pivot Helper object will be added to your scene, aligned to the position and orientation of the Working Pivot, making it easier than ever to add and align pivots to vertices, edges, or faces.
Create Grid From Working Pivot: Create a custom grid that is aligned to the current position and orientation of the Working Pivot, which allows you to fluidly work with other grid augmented tools in the scene.

Create Grid From Working Pivot

Place Pivot Bounding Box: When active, an additional set of snap points will be available in your scene based on your current active selection. You can add up to 24 locations while using Place Working Pivot.

Place Pivot Bounding Box and Create Point From Working Pivot

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