help change z direction of shape for shapemerge in side view

[gfriedman]

I've tried affect pivot only and rotating but its doesn't seem to stick. I am ultimately trying to shapemerge in a side view with a spline that was taken from another mesh. So since I didn't "draw" it in side view, it has a z pointing upwards. How do people typically deal with this situation???

 

thanks

[luckymutt]

While under Affect Pivot Point, have you tried "Align to World?"

Also:

Select your object and try: Utilities Panel->Reset XForm then collapse to an editable whatever.

[gfriedman]

yes, i tried reset pivot but that returned the pivot the world z, which is not what i want. I will try resetxtransform.

[amer abidi]

The best way (or maybe i should say my way) to avoid any surprises is to retrace over your spline in max in the side view, and use your new spline for your shapemerge.

 

I avoid importing splines from other packages at all cost (except for reference of course).