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title: center
framework: usd
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path: usd/center
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# center

A prim around which the affected objects orbit.

## Overview

Overview Assign this property a prim not contained by affectedObjects. To reside at an arbitrary location in its parent’s coordinate space, a prim needs the translation component of a transform. Therefore, assign this property an Xformable prim. Declaration rel center

## See Also

### Properties

- [info:id](usd/info-id.md)
- [affectedObjects](usd/affectedobjects.md)
- [duration](usd/duration.md)
- [revolutions](usd/revolutions.md)
- [axis](usd/axis.md)
- [alignToPath](usd/aligntopath.md)