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The command Rotate enables the rotation of parts "within space". The orientation of the coordinate system remains unaffected thereby.
Following commands are available:
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When using Rotate, dependencies are possibly created, so may be there is no simple "Undo". Please regard the dependencies when deleting automatically created planes.
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The use of Rotate is possibly in relation with a manipulation of the coordinate system (PARTproject -> Edit project -> tabbed page General -> General -> Coordinate axes). On this see following example:
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Initial situation: Part modelled in eCATALOGsolutions, Y axis incorrectly showing upwards.
Requirement: The part shall keep its lying position within space, but the coordinate system shall get a new orientation with Z axis showing upwards.
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The coordinate system gets a new orientation in PARTproject via function Coordinate axes, so that the Z axis shows upwards and the Y axis backwards.
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In PARTdesigner, via Rotate, the part can be brought into its original position within space.
In the 3D History, on part level, you can find the context menu command Rotate. After using +90 degrees around X the part is displayed in its original position again. Compare Fig. „Initial situation“.
Note Rotate in PARTdesigner, only works for standard parts, not for Q&S parts.
The orientation of Q&S parts can be manipulated in the project file. There you can find a string starting with
REF1@MATRIX. Generalized: Calculate rotation matrix and multiply the two matrices. For the calculation, help pages can be found in Internet:http://danceswithcode.net/engineeringnotes/rotations_in_3d/demo3D/rotations_in_3d_tool.htmlorhttps://matrix.reshish.com/de/multiplication.php.The change cannot be viewed in PARTdesigner, but only in PARTdataManager.
