I'm struggling with pivot points in animation. Let's say I have a rectangular box that I want to slide along the ground, then rotate 90 degrees to be standing up. I want it to rotate around the bottom of the box, not spin around the center. So in Edit mode I put the pivot point at the bottom of the box. Then in the animation I have a starting point keyframe, a keyframe that changes the box's position (slides along the ground), then I want a 3rd keyframe for the rotation. But the pivot point has been left behind by the position change, so the box rotates around that far away point. I feel like I'm missing something basic here. Do I need to put the pivot point where the box will be after it slides? Thanks for any help. YouTube videos that I've found just cover basic animation.
#Newbie - are pivot points attached to bones?
kindred ice
shut gorge
Yes, you should only have to use one bone. Make sure to customize the pivot point of the bone, not of the geometry that's inside.
hidden cargo
or this one, I cover pivots and animations in both guides https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Imn8Z6Y8s the cat guide is the newest and most focused
more guides at https://www.outlandishlycrafted.com/guides and wiki.bedrock.dev