Moving Pivot Point Problems..
 

I Started Teaching myself how to use Maya 5 about 2 weeks ago.. and so i bought the "Learning Maya 5" and other related books... now my problem is that.. I'm currently working on a project where... I have to Now my problem is that.. I am following to the steps to move the pivot point of the head to the base of the head and it's not working.. and its pissed me off so much i've started on other projects... can Someone please tell what what im doing wrong??

These are the steps I follow:
**I can never get past the 4th step because unless im dense or something... the object doesn't go into edit mode and I just end up moving the whole head instead of the pivot point... over and over.. :angry: **

Thank you for whatever help you guys/gals can offer me!!
:D

I have also looked at other post in the forum before re-posting this problem..

well I when I do it I select the object (in this case the head and hit w to selct the move tool then hit insert and it should then allow you to move it to where you need it ...then hit insert again and that it.

Well the thing is that I can move the pivot point using the mel commands.. but i don't understand why it woun't work with the steps I have above...

does nothing happen when you press the insert key?

Nothing happens at all when i hit the insert key... and i've checked to make sure that the insert key is linked with that in the hotkey section.. and i've switched keyboards to see if it was the button and same result..

sounds like a bug to me

A bug with the Maya 5 Learners Edition?? because that's what I'm using right now.. hehe not enough $$$ for the actual program..

;) Here we go. Let's run a check first to see if the insert key is functioning correctly. Make a cube > select the W hot key for move>select the insert key to enable edit pivot point>grab the yellow square with the dot in it and try and move it in the front, top, or side views>then select insert key to disable edit pivot point. If this works then Maya is configured properly and there is something else wrong, But if this doesn't work then give this a try.

1) Select your object>double click quickly on the move tool icon, this will open your move tool attribute editor>select reset tool.

2)Go to Window>Settings/Preferences>Preferences>Edit>Restore Default Settings>Click Save at the bottom.

3)Go to Window>Settings/Preferences>Hot Keys>Click Restore Defaults>Click Save.

4)Close Maya

5)Reboot your computer and open Maya, try it again to see if it fixed the problem.

Good Luck!

I followed your instructions but it did not work unfortunately.. so I tried assigning the edit mode button to my "end" button and that works now.. maybe my insert button does not work or something... but thanks for the info.. on resetting maya the preferences and hotbuttons.. because I've been searching for those options myself!! ;)