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Axis Rotate is a tool to rotate geometry around a given point in space. The tool is quite simple to use as you only need to click and drag (haul) in the 3D viewport to activate a rotation. By default the rotation axis is set to pivot around your mouse pointer position when you click down in the 3D view. By changing the action center you can easily rotate around the selected elements, the origin, or the pivot point for that layer.
You can edit the rotation values directly in the tool properties sheet, you can haul the value in the 3D viewport, you can edit the HUD slider for the tool (HUD sliders require advanced handles to be activated), or you can click directly on the rotation widget to jump directly to a particular rotation amount. The blue rotation disc can also be used as a direct access handle to adjust the tool. Rotation is achieved in this case by dragging the mouse in a circular motion in the direction you wish to rotate the selected element. When using this handle the rotation sensitivity is adjusted based on the distance the mouse is from the handles as you drag. This can be thought of as extending a lever. The longer the lever, the more mouse movement is required to rotate the element and thus the granularity of control is increased.
When using hauling to edit the rotation amount, the LMB will both set the action center when you click down and dragging right or left will increase or decrease the rotation value. If you release the mouse button and wish to continue adjusting the value of the rotation tool without resetting the action center you can either adjust the HUD slider directly, edit the numeric control on the tool properties sheet, or hold the shift key and LMB drag in the 3D viewport. The Shift-LMB combination will allow you to continue the hauling behavior without resetting the tool axis with any selected tool.
You can use the MMB click to reapply the current rotation value. THe MMB click will reset the tool, and reapply the previous value immediately. For example, if you set the rotation angle to 10 degrees, you could then MMB click to rotate the selected elements 10 degrees on each click. This behavior is consistent across all tools.
(Holding Alt, CTRL or SHIFT changes to the alternate commands)
Keyboard Shortcut :
Shift-E
Menu Path :
Edit>Transform>Axis Rotate
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