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    <div class="section context"><p class="context">Context: </p><p>In the following example, the initial position is as follows:</p><br/><img class="image" src="../CpsUserImages/MenuAlignPivotExample1.png"/><br/></div>
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      <li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">Click <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Transform</span> &gt; <span class="ph uicontrol">Pivot Transform Mode</span></span> <img class="image" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSTransformPivotTransform.png"/>.<p> This enables pivot transformation mode.</p></p></li>
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          Move the local coordinate system to the kinematic link location using a command such as 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Set Pivot On Line/Axis</span> <img class="image" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSPivotAlignSetPivotsOnPlane.png"/>.
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          <br/><img class="image" src="../CpsUserImages/MenuAlignPivotExample2.png"/><br/>
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          Use 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Align Pivots With Given Pivot</span> <img class="image" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSPivotAlignGivenPivot.png"/> to align the child and parent coordinate systems.


        
        
        <p><br/><img class="image" src="../CpsUserImages/MenuAlignPivotExample3.png"/><br/><p>Note:
		 If it is not possible to align both coordinate systems, add a rigid parent.</p>
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  <p class="result"><div class="fig fignone"><span class="figcap">Final position, with degrees of freedom shown:</span><br/><img class="image" src="../CpsUserImages/MenuAlignPivotExample4.png"/><br/></div>
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