Common
Rotate

Rotate

Command
Rotate
Shortcut
R
Button
Left of Command Bar button-rotate

Rotate objects using Rotate Gizmo. Options for single-axis constraints or freestyle rotation are available. The pivot is also adjustable.

Basic Usage

  1. Select the objects you want to rotate.
  2. Press R.
  3. Use the displayed Rotation Gizmo to rotate.
  4. Set the options in the Command Dialog and Keyboard Shortcuts.
    • Command Dialog
      • Angle: Specify the last specified angle using the rotation Gizmo as a numerical value
      • Axis: Specify the rotation axis using the X, Y, or Z vector.
    • Keyboard Shortcuts
    • X/ Y/Z X/Y/Z-axis: Constrain to the X, Y, or Z-axis.
    • G Screen space: Limit to the visible plane.
    • F Freestyle: Click the starting point and endpoint of the rotation axis, and then click the reference point. Move the cursor to rotate the object, and then click to set the desired angle.
    • V Pivot: Click to specify the position of the Gizmo.
    • W Worldspace: Change the Gizmo's coordinate axis to world coordinates.
  5. Confirm with OK in the Command Dialog or right-click.

Freestyle Rotate

This command is equivalent to the F option of the Rotate command.

  1. Select the objects you want to rotate.
  2. Use the Freestyle Rotate command in the Command Palette.
  3. Click the starting point and endpoint of the rotation axis, and then click the reference point.
  4. Move the cursor to rotate the object, and then click to set the desired angle.
  5. Set the options in the Command Dialog and Keyboard Shortcuts.
    • The option is the same as the Rotate command.
  6. Confirm with OK in the Command Dialog or right-click.

See also

Remove MaterialScale