Moving Hotpoint: caps lock has no effect

[DaveH]

** I have Carrara 5.1 Pro **

I've tried numerous things over time and each time just gave up. Until now, it was annoying that I couldn't move the hotpoint to my preferred location on the object, but I could work around it. Now, either it's a problem, or I'm just fed up with not being able to do such a straightforward thing.

I have a mesh, which was snipped from a larger mesh. The snippet's hotpoint appears to be inherited from the original full mesh.

Yes, I'm in the Assemble room.

Help!

[bwtr]

Put your scene into 4 screen view. (Do not try to do this in a 3D view!) Clicking on Caps Lock, move your hotpoint to the required location. DESELECT Caps Lock.

[DaveH]

Originally Posted by bwtr

Put your scene into 4 screen view. (Do not try to do this in a 3D view!)

AAARGH! That worked! (Thankyouthankyouthankyou!)

This is from page 142 of the manual (emphasis mine):

"Drag the hot point in 3D or drag one of its 2D projections."

(And no, I couldn't drag one of its 2D projections, either.)

Is there a corrections addendum to the manual somewhere? Being a stupid user, I certainly make my share of stupid user tricks, but I spend an enormous amount of time dutifully RTFM and looking for info online and coming up empty handed. The manual doesn't go into the depth necessary to use this program to it's fullest (and apparently lies here and there, too ), yet people somehow find the info somewhere. I suspect it has lots of potential that I'm not able to utilize simply because the knowledge isn't readily available.

[bwtr]

Despite all the "Geeezzze", the Carrara Help really is better than most apps. When there is a major update often there is a delay in getting Helps right--it's sort of par for the course.
My hint was one of those ---"I thought everyone knew that!"

You need a VERY good sence of humour with 3D!

[DaveH]

Is there a way alter the hotpoint's orientation? I'd like to make one axis point down the "logical" center axis of the mesh. I'm guessing I could do this by orienting the hotpoint in the assembly room and then rotate the mesh in the model room. But since you can't see the hotpoint in there it's kinda like changing a tire and lining up the bolts by rotating the car without being able to see if it's in the right place. (Grid lines help, though.)

Edit: I tried that and it worked.

Originally Posted by bwtr

My hint was one of those ---"I thought everyone knew that!"

How do they get that knowledge? Word of mouth? I'm not working with others, so I have to rely on people taking a break from using their knowledge to earn a living and hope they drop into forums to pass on golden nuggets like this to n00bs.