PDS:Rotate Piece Tool
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Use the Rotate Piece command to rotate the entire piece around a pivot point.
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[edit] Icon & Location
[edit] Operation
- Invoke the 'Rotate Piece Tool', and click on a point or anywhere over the piece or Right double click over a piece or point.
- The piece is now controlled by the cursor. Move the cursor to the location where the piece is rotated as desired.
- Click the mouse button.
- When the 'Angle of Rotation' dialog box displays, click OK to accept the rotation angle, or enter specific angle values for the rotation.
1. Sleeve should be rotated
2. Double right click over the overlapping (sleeve and front) point
3. The rotation preview is highlighted
4. The Angle Of Rotation Dialog pops up
5. The sleeve was rotated
[edit] Rotating Several Pieces
6. Selectseveral pieces
7. Rotate the pieces
8. All the selected pieces were rotated
[edit] Keyboard Shortcuts
- Shift – Click on a point while holding the shift. This will allow you to select the handle point, by which the rotation angle will be calculated. It also makes snapping of one piece to another easier.
9. Select the rotation handle
10. Click on the point, which the rotation should be snapped to
11. The sleeve was rotated
