Rotate

From the main menu toolbar select Orientate > Rotate to display the Rotate window.

By default, the Rotation Axis direction is ZU and positioned at the Start position of the element.

The Rotation Axis Direction may be changed by entering another direction or its reference altered by modification of the ‘wrt’ data.

The centre of rotation, that is, the origin of the Rotation Axis vector, may be positioned by entering a distance against one or more directions. The Angle in degrees by which the element is to be rotated, must be entered in the Angle ($XO) textbox prior to clicking Apply.

An axis direction aid is displayed, positioned at the centre of rotation, together with an axes aid that shows the rotation angles at 90 degree intervals.

In this figure the default Rotation Axis of ZU is shown, that is the extrusion direction of the section. The centre of rotation is positioned at the default position of Start Position, that is at the justification Pline TOS.

The centre of rotation can also be set graphically with the Cursor and Intersection options from the window menu. Put a negative value to the Angle used and click Apply again to reverse the results of the rotate command.