Doc:2.6/Manual/Constraints/Relationship/Pivot

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Pivot Constraint

Description

The Pivot constraint allows the owner to rotate around a target object.

It was originally intended for foot rigs.

Options

Pivot panel

Target

The object to be used as a pivot point

Bone

When Target is an armature, a new field for a bone is displayed.

Head/Tail

When using a bone target, you can choose where along this bone the target point lies.

Vertex Group

When Target is a mesh, a new field is display where a vertex group can be selected.

Pivot Offset

Offset of pivot from target

Pivot When

Always, Z Rot, Y Rot, ...

See also

• Blender Artists Forum: Head-Tail pivot Constrain proposal (with Video and .blend), the thread where the constraint was first proposed