DmRotate – BricsCAD Centro Assistenza

Rotates solids, faces, edges, or vertices of a solid around an axis.

Access the Command

command bar: dmrotate

menu bar: Model | Direct Modeling | Rotate

toolbar: Direct Modeling | Rotate

ribbon:

Modeling Workspace
- Home | Direct Modeling | Rotate
- Solid | Direct Modeling | Rotate
- Surface | Direct Modeling | Rotate
Mechanical Workspace
- Home | Modify | Rotate
- Solid | Edit | Rotate
- Surface | Edit | Rotate
- Assembly | Transform | Rotate
BIM Workspace
- Modeling | Modify | Rotate

Quad cursor menu: Model | Rotate

: dmrotate

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select several entities/subentities: (Select the solids, faces, edges, or vertices of a solid you want to rotate. Press and hold the TAB key to select hidden geometry. Hit Enter to stop.)

Click to start rotation, select axial entity or define axis by [2Points/Xaxis/Yaxis/Zaxis/Start] <Start>: (Click to start the rotation, select an axial entity or choose an option)

The rotation axis (blue) and a rotation arc display.

Specify rotation angle: (Click a point or type a value in the dynamic angle field.)

or if vertices are rotated

Specify rotation angle or [Triangulation/Rotate]: (Click a point, type a value in the dynamic angle field, or choose an option.)

Command Options

Option	Description
Select axial entity	Allows to select any linear entity in the model as the rotation axis. To select the rotation axis, do one of the following: Hover over a line or linear polyline segment. Click when the entity highlights. Hover over a 3D solid face, then move the cursor close to the edge you want to use as the rotation axis. A rotation arc and the rotation axis (blue) display dynamically. Click to accept the rotation axis.
2Points	Prompts you in the command bar. Specify start point of axis <0,0,0> - (Specify a point or right-click to use the origin of the current coordinate system.) Specify end point of axis or <use axis parallel to view direction> - (Specify a point or right-click to define the axis parallel to the current view direction - perpendicular to the screen.)
Xaxis	Rotates the selection around the X-axis of the current coordinate system.
Yaxis	Rotates the selection around the Y-axis of the current coordinate system.
Zaxis	Rotates the selection around the Z-axis of the current coordinate system.
Start	Allows you to select the axial entity (if the cursor is over a linear edge) or define orientation dynamically (if the cursor is over a planar face).
When rotating vertices
Triangulation	Allows to rotate a vertex with triangulation of adjacent faces.
Rotate	Rotates a vertex without triangulation of adjacent faces.