Moving the Pivot

For the scene where the rocket approaches at great speed to the X-Wing I wanted the rocket to perform a spin at the same time as it moved forward. Oddly, when I selected the rocket to create the spin animation the pivot (the point in the object where the object can be moved and rotated from) the pivot was out of the object so when I span it, instead of spinning around itself, it performed a rotatory movement (like the earth around the sun).


I followed a simple tutorial in Youtube that explained how to move the pivot so I thought I would post about it.


The solution is very simple (once you know it of course hehe). I just had to click the Angle Snap Toggle and then go to Hierarchy and click on Affect Pivot Only. Then I just had to move the pivot to wherever I want.