The ol' Combine & Separate issue

[puzzledpaul]

Re rotating your JPB model with all his gear on (around Y) ...depends how you *exactly* you want to do that Y rotate op?

If the basic figure is aligned to the origin - there's no way a rotate Y (after combine) will use the main Y axis once all his gear is added to the mix.

I'd marquee select the lot and do a vector rotate ... eitherusing a known centalised element (vert?) on the model ... or use a ref block.

Rotating something like this - using combine - and then expecting it remain on thye origin - is asking for trouble ... imo.

(there's no loss of precision using an element on the model ... provided you check its co-oords first ... and you don't move it by mistake during modelling using a magnet based op ... for example ... altho' using a (bigger) ref block is likely to be more convenient and less susceptible to being modified ... and can be easily hidden when not needed.)

pp