Version: 8.3.0
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Rotation


This operation allows to rotate in space the mesh or some of its elements.

To rotate the mesh:

  1. From the Modification menu choose Transformation -> Rotation item or click "Rotation" button in the toolbar.

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    Rotation button

    The following dialog will appear:

    rotation.png

  2. In this dialog:

    • specify the IDs of the elements which will be rotated:

      • Select the whole mesh, submesh or group activating this checkbox; or
      • choose mesh elements with the mouse in the 3D Viewer. It is possible to select a whole area with a mouse frame; or
      • input the element IDs directly in ID Elements field. The selected elements will be highlighted in the viewer; or
      • apply Filters. Set filter button allows to apply a filter to the selection of elements. See more about filters in the Selection filter library page.

    • specify the axis of rotation:
      • specify the cooordinates of the start Point of the vector of rotation;
      • specify the Vector of rotation through the coordinates of its end point with respect to the coordinates of the start point;

    • specify the Angle of rotation

    • specify the conditions of rotation:

      • activate Move elements radio button to create the source mesh (or elements) at the new location and erase it from the previous location;
      • activate Copy elements radio button to create the source mesh (or elements) at the new location, but leave it at the previous location, the source mesh will be considered one and single mesh with the result of the rotation;
      • activate Create as new mesh radio button to leave the source mesh (or elements) at its previous location and create a new mesh at the new location, the new mesh appears in the Object Browser with the default name MeshName_rotated (it is possible to change this name in the adjacent box);
      • activate Copy groups checkbox to copy the groups of elements of the source mesh to the newly created mesh.

    • activate Preview checkbox to show the result of transformation in the viewer
    • click Apply or Apply and Close button to confirm the operation.
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The initial mesh
rotation2.png
The rotated mesh


See Also a sample TUI Script of a Rotation operation.