Sweeping rotation about an axis

anonymous_user_eb8faa9d · February 15, 2015, 2:02am

I think you’ll just want to set the rotation of the flippers using a curve and a lerp. This tutorial video has a good example (ignore the title, this particular video is mainly blueprint): - YouTube

anonymous_user_d4911b441 · February 15, 2015, 1:39am

I’m making a pinball game. How can I pivot my flippers about an axis over time? I’ve found ways to rotate the pawn about the center over time, and ways to rotate about an axis instantaneously, but not over time.

Apparently I can’t just move the pivot of the pawn anymore.

Thanks!

anonymous_user_d4911b441 · February 15, 2015, 3:31am

But when I do the rotation, the flipper rotates about its center. I don’t know how to make it rotate about some other axis.

anonymous_user_d4911b441 · February 16, 2015, 4:49pm

Found an answer myself.

If you make a model in Blender, it takes the origin to be the pivot.

anonymous_user_b7c7263c · August 24, 2016, 6:43am

I see this is an old question. But in case anyone wonders, to “change” the origin of an object (the pivot point), make a new scene component in the blueprint, then place whatever you want to pivot inside this scene component. Now you can move your object around to change pivot point, and then rotate the scene component.