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Rotate PropertyManager

Rotate entities by selecting a center of rotation and the number of degrees to rotate.

To open this PropertyManager:

Click Rotate Entities (Sketch toolbar) or Tools > Sketch Tools > Rotate.

Entities to Rotate

	Sketch items or annotations
	Keep relations	Maintain relations between sketch entities. Clear to break relations between selected entities and those that are not selected.

Parameters

Sketch Type

Parameters

2D Sketch

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Center of Rotation	Moves the pointer to set a Base point .
Angle	Sets a value for the Angle.

To rotate the sketch entities, drag one of the handles on the Rotate Point Defined icon .

3D Sketch

If sketch entities were selected when you clicked Rotate, these items appear:

Rotation Reference	Specifies a line within the selected entities around which rotation occurs.
Rotation Reference Angle	Specifies the angle to rotate the selected entities around the rotation reference.

If no entities were selected:

Rotation Reference	Specifies a line within the selected entities around which rotation occurs.
Rotation Origin	Specifies the rotation origin point relative to the X, Y, and Z origin.
Rotation Angle	Specifies the rotation angle.

When you click Rotation Reference and then select a line, Rotation Reference Angle appears and Rotation Origin and Rotation Angle disappear.

To display Rotation Origin and Rotation Angle again, right-click Rotation Reference, and then select Clear Selections.

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