### Rotate

The Rotate button allows you to rotate the defined axis of the work plane to the feature or parallel to the feature. PC-DMIS rotates the defined axis around the centroid used as the origin. You can define which axis to rotate and which axis to rotate around.

To choose a feature to rotate to:

1. Select the proper reference feature from the Feature List box.

2. Click the Rotate button.

The Rotate button only becomes active if you first select a feature from the feature list or an existing rotate sub-command (ALIGNMENT/ROTATE). If you select an existing rotate sub-command, it will be modified to use the new feature selection; otherwise a new rotate sub-command will be created using the selected feature.

The Edit window command line for this option reads:
ALIGNMENT/ROTATE,XPLUS,to,'feat_id',about,ZPLUS

Changeable fields:
"XPLUS","ZPLUS"
This is a toggle field that allows you to toggle between these fields in the Edit window:

ZPLUS

XPLUS

YPLUS

ZMINUS

XMINUS

YMINUS

PC-DMIS will set this axis parallel to the specified input feature. It will then rotate about the second axis.

"feat_id"
The alignment rotates parallel to the specified feature. Example: LINE1.

More:

Rotate by an Offset

Rotate to a Line between Two Circles