PARAMETRICROTATE command
Defines a parameter to be used by a rotate operation on entities of a parametric block.

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Alias: PROTATE
Method
This command is used with 2D parametric blocks.
Allows you to rotate entities in a block.
Specify the rotation center point, rotation arc start point, rotation arc end point, then select the entities which will be affected by the rotate operation.
Note: The command works similarly to the PARAMETRICSTRETCH command, whose workflow is described in the article 2D parametric blocks.
Note: You can define parametric move, stretch, and rotate operations in non-XY planes after changing the UCS.
Options within the command
- Select rotation center point
- Allows you to select a location point for the origin of the rotate vector.
- Select rotation arc start point
- Allows you to select a location point for the head of the rotation arc.
- Select rotation arc end point (hold CTRL to switch direction)
- Allows you to select a location point for the end of the rotation arc.
- Select/deselect entities which can be affected by the operation
- Allows you to edit the selection of entities to be affected by the rotate operation. All selected entities will be highlighted.
- Enter name for the operation parameter
- Allows you to give a name to the rotate parameter. The default name is Rotate.
The block entities that were selected will have their position adjusted according to the new value of the rotate parameter.
- change Linked behavior
- Allows you to decide whether the selected entities will follow operation definition points when adjusted by other operations. The OFf option corresponding to the not linked behavior is set as default for newly created parametric operations. Select ON to set the behavior as linked.
The appearance of the block can be controlled by changing the value of the parameter associated with the operation:
- Select the parametric block and drag the parameter's grip point (hover the cursor over the grip point to display the current value of the parameter).
- Access this parameter in the Parameters Manager panel / Mechanical Browser panel.
Note: Use the PARAMETRICROTATEEDIT command to edit a rotate operation.
Note:
- The parametric block operation geometries are visible by default after these are created, but hidden when opening a drawing that contains parametric blocks. Use the PBLOCKOPERATIONSDISPLAY command to hide/show the parametric block operation geometries.
- The visualization of the parametric operation geometries when hovering the cursor over parametric block references is controlled by the PBLOCKREFERENCEOPERATIONSVISUALIZATION system variable (Off by default).