# Positioning Pivot
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning-pivot/5406
**Category:** design
**Created:** [September 10, 2002, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning-pivot/5406 "2002-09-10T12:20:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@eron19](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eron19)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2002, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning-pivot/5406/1 "2002-09-10T12:20:45Z")
how do you position the pivot right on the edge of an object? in order to rotate it about the side of the object, rather than the center.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning-pivot/5406/2 "2002-09-10T12:29:09Z")
I always have to switch between forward and a left or right perspective in order to do that. Even then it’s hard to get it just right.
(but isn’t it so much easier than version 1.0 where you had to create invisible mirror objects in order to pivot off center? 🙂 )
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning-pivot/5406/3 "2002-09-14T12:46:18Z")
Well that is quite simple isn’t it?
If you have an object selected you see at the left “Position”
Click on that and then click on move pivot only, then you can move your pivot to the right and let it rotate differant
DidiusTheGreat
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning-pivot/5406/4 "2002-09-14T13:48:11Z")
thanx alot. so i guess theres no way to position it with precision? ok…thanx 2 both of u.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning-pivot/5406/5 "2002-09-14T19:41:21Z")
actually there is, if you do it my way you see an x, y and z level: there you can enter numbers, for example x= 3 and Y=5 and then you will see he will rotate differant.
I actually think that way is quite good too, and with precision, or am I wrong??? :nerd:
DidiusTheGreat