Accessing the Axis Menu
 
 
 

You use the Axis menu to position, rotate, scale, and shear an axis. The Object menu provides tabs so that you can see or modify the parameters of the selected axis. For information about selecting objects and navigating the schematic, see Populating Menu Tabs of Selected Objects.

The Axis controls are described as follows.

Position X, Y, and Z fields
Translate the selected axis.
Rotation X, Y, and Z fields
Rotate the selected axis.
Scaling X, Y, and Z fields
Change the size of the axis.
Prop Scale button
Enable to scale the X, Y, and Z axes proportionally.
Shear X, Y, and Z fields
Shear the axis.
Centre X, Y, and Z fields
Offset an axis relative to its children.
Path button
Enable to animate the position of the axis using a spline drawn in the scene.

Disable Path to animate the position of the axis using explicit animation. See Creating a Motion Path.

Stabilizer and tracking controls
Apply stabilizing data to an axis. See Applying Tracking Data to an Axis.
Autoscale option box
Select from among the following axis scaling options.
Select: To:
Off Not use autoscaling on the image.
On Position Changes Preserve the projected size of the image by automatically scaling when changing any Position parameters that affect the depth of the image relative to the camera.
On All Transforms Preserve the projected size of the image by automatically changing Position, Scale, and Centre parameters (when any Position, Rotation, Shear, or Centre parameters are changed).
Parented Camera box
Select which camera is used for the parenting offset when the immediate parent is a stereo camera. Choose left, right, or center camera. Active only when there is exactly one parent that is a stereo camera, or if a look-at connection is attached between the axis and the stereo camera.
Look At Point Axis box
Select which axis is pointed to the attached look-at object. See Applying an Axis Look-at Connection.
Motion Blur button
Toggles the blur effect for the selected axis (can only be used once the global Motion Blur is enable in the Setup menu. See Applying Motion Blur.
Free Axis button
Enable to ignore transformations from parent axes.
Plane box
Select an orientation for the plane (in Camera view). See Changing the Plane.