Sketcher Rotate

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Sketcher Rotate

Menu location
Sketch → Sketcher tools → Polar transform
Workbenches
Sketcher
Default shortcut
Z P
Introduced in version
0.22
See also
None

Description

The Sketcher Rotate tool rotates and optionally copies selected elements. Copies are evenly distributed along the rotation angle.

Usage

See also: Drawing aids.

Pos-OVP = Positional On-View-Parameters.
Dim-OVP = Dimensional On-View-Parameters.

  1. Select one or more elements (edges or points).
  2. There are several ways to invoke the tool:
    • Press the Polar transform button.
    • Select the Sketcher → Sketcher tools → Polar transform option from the menu.
    • Right-click in the 3D view and select the Polar transform option from the context menu.
    • The keyboard shortcut: Z then P.
  3. The cursor changes to a white cross with the tool icon.
  4. The Rotate parameters section is added at the top of the Sketcher Dialog.
  5. Optionally define the number of copies:
    • Enter the number of copies in the Copies spinbox.
    • Optionally press the U key to increase the number of copies.
    • Optionally press the J key to decrease the number of copies.
  6. Optionally check the Clone constraints checkbox to copy datum constraints instead of replacing them with equality constraints.
  7. Pick the rotation center. Or with Pos-OVP: enter its X and/or Y coordinate.
  8. Pick start and end point of the rotation. Or with Dim-OVP: enter the rotation angle.
  9. The geometry is rotated or several copies created respectively.