Pivot Point in "Rotate 3D"

hi all,
is there a way to change the pivot point in "rotate 3d" (timlines/add action)?
i have no problems to set a new pivot point with the transform/rotate tool. works well.
but in rotate 3d it rotates around the center of the object.
an example, think of a picture that rotates around a pole.
have a creative day

Thank you for the reply.
Unfortunately it doesn't answer my question.
I DONT want to animate rotating around the center. I have offset the pivot of an object and rotated around that from state 1 to state 2. But the animation interpilation ignores this and still rotates around the center of the object to get from state 1 to 2.
I want the object to swing in to the canvas from its bottom corner but I can't get it to honor where I put the pivot during the actual build of animation.
I am beyond frustrated with the limitations of Catalyst. If I have to go to Flash Builder to add any type of specific function, whats the point, as FB
is 10 times more complex to me than Flash ever was. The reason I am not messing with Flash is that I don't want to screw with code.
but I guess I might as well just stick with Flash as in Catalyst
I can't
Use Gifs
Animate around a changed pivot
Scale a bitmap thats a button (come on really...)
Unreliable results with swf files that have multiple bitmap images in them.
Any type of slightly advance animation, such as ...move a background around to loop, when I am in a static state.

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