How do you rotate a CFrame on the global axis?

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#10

You can

part.CFrame = part.CFrame:ToWorldSpace(CFrame.Angles(69,420,3.14)*CFrame.Angles(1,33,7))

or

local cframethingies = CFrame.Angles(69,420,3.14)*CFrame.Angles(1,33,7)
part.CFrame = part.CFrame:ToWorldSpace(cframethingies)

right?

#11

Both of those didn’t rotate the part properly.

#12

if not rotated in the expected rotation use math.rad

#13

I used math.rad for it though.

#15

If you meant in the workspace, you can toggle local and global by doing CTRL + L.

Otherwise you just multiply the cframe as an offset to what you’re trying to rotate by

Something like
part.CFrame = CFrame.Angles(0, math.pi, 0) * part.CFrame
instead of
part.CFrame = part.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(0, math.pi, 0)

nvm i just tested this, diddd nott work out like i pictured it in my head, has some purpose though.

ok here is what i had in mind:
script.Parent.CFrame = CFrame.Angles(0, rot, 0) * (cf - cf.Position) + cf.Position
where cf is script.Parent.CFrame, this works for my case at least.

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How can I rotate a part in the world space without having to set the cframe to 0, 0, 0?
#16

You’d want to take the global cframe and convert it to object space, so you’d still be rotating the object locally, but with a cframe that matches the global cframe you want to use (see CFrame:ToObjectSpace() on the wiki). Then you’d just apply the cframe like you would locally.

#17 
local part = script.Parent
local cframethingies = CFrame.Angles(0,0,math.rad(5))
part.CFrame = part.CFrame:ToObjectSpace(cframethingies)

So like that?

#18 
local part = script.Parent
local globalCF = CFrame.Angles(0,0,math.rad(5))
local objectSpaceCF = globalCF:ToObjectSpace(part.CFrame)
part.CFrame = part.CFrame * objectSpaceCF

is how I think you’d implement it

#19

I tried that out, but it didn’t work with all of the axis. How do I make it so it works with each axis?

#20

That way didn’t work. It was orientated really weirdly.

#21

Works for me on each axis, even if the CFrame isn’t cached.

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I messed with it a bit further, feel free to take a look at this. Switching m * step into different parameters works fine for me, assuming that’s the desired effect.

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#22

You can only do one parameter at a time though.

#23

Sorry to bump this thread but I’ve seen a few people come looking for a solution to this issue and I’m sure people would like to have a working solution here:

--Change this to the part you're rotating
local Part = workspace.WhateverYourPartIs
local CF = Part.CFrame
--Doesn't have to be stored like this but it helps for clarification
--Change this to the actual angles you're rotating by
local Angles = CFrame.Angles(0,math.pi/2,0)
--Gets the new CFrame in relation to the rotated world Axes
local RotCF = Angles:ToObjectSpace(CF)
--Easier to use fromMatrix here, because it's faster and allows us to use
--the rotational component of the RotCF while preserving position
Part.CFrame = CFrame.fromMatrix(CF.Position,RotCF.XVector,RotCF.YVector,RotCF.ZVector)

Anyways, I hope this works as a solution!

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#24

Press Ctrl + L to switch from local to global.

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#26

actually read the post before replying bruh

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#27

here’s a more intuitive solution I ended up using for the same problem

local cf = part.CFrame
local pos = cf.Position
cf = cf - pos -- get rid of position
cf = CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(1), 0)) * cf -- rotate the cframe around globally
cf = cf + pos -- add the position back
part.CFrame = cf

simplifiable into this one liner

part.CFrame = (CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(1), 0) * (part.CFrame - part.Position)) + part.Position
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#28

This post is a year+ old… I’m sure they’re fine. Just thought I’d point that out.

#29

This devforum thread is the top google search result for this exact question. It is very important for it to be answered.

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#30

Fair enough.

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#31

This question is addressed in the first opening paragraphs of this Community Tutorial: