Photoshop extended : change 3D anchor point

Hi everybody,
I was wondering if anyone knew how to change the 3D anchor point's position in Photoshop Extended CS4 3D mode. I just can't imagine that the development team would have forgotten such an important feature, so I guess it's just that I haven't found it !
Thanks for your help

Yes with pleasure !
Photoshop Extended CS4 permits you to open 3D files that have been created with a third party software like Cinema 4D, 3DS Studio Max, etc.
When you import one of these file formats in PS Extended CS4 you are able to look at your 3D object by rotating it around. When you rotate your object in 3 dimensions, the rotation occurs around one point ; this point is called the anchor point.
In 3D, when you animate an object, you want it to rotate around specific points. For example, lets say you have an arm ; you want it to rotate around the shoulder, but not in the middle of the forearm. So what you do is that you place the anchor point (point where your object will rotate around) at the position of the shoulder. Once that done, you can use your rotation tool to rotate your 3D arm, and it will rotate around the shoulder.
The problem here is that there seems to be no way to change the position of the anchor point (point where the 3D object rotates around). When you import a 3D file into PS Extended CS4, it seems like an average position for the anchor point is calculated and then left that way.
So that's why I simply want to know if anybody has expertise in this domain, or knowledge of any function in PS Extended that I might have not seen.
Thanks again for your interest !

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