What Is Pivot

What Is Pivot

Pivot is the transform anchor of a node.

In Flowscape, pivot is normalized (0..1) and stored per node:

• pivotX = 0, pivotY = 0 means top-left corner
• pivotX = 0.5, pivotY = 0.5 means center
• pivotX = 1, pivotY = 1 means bottom-right corner

Why pivot matters

Pivot directly affects:

• where rotation happens around the node
• where scale expands/shrinks from
• how world corners and world bounds are produced after transform

This is why two nodes with the same size/rotation can behave differently if their pivots are different.

Pivot and bounds

• OBB uses transformed corners and keeps orientation
• AABB wraps those transformed corners into axis-aligned bounds
• both depend on the final transform, and final transform depends on pivot

So pivot is not a visual-only detail. It is part of geometry behavior.

Live Pivot Example

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