topic Re: Quick 90 degrees rotate command. in Modeling

Quick 90 degrees rotate command.

Toni Mayerhofer — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:32:36 GMT

Hi Community.

I got sick of waiting for Graphisoft to implement a function to rotate geometry quickly by 90 degrees, like whacking the spacebar in Revit.

So I built my own dirty version using AutoHotKey.

1. Install AHK v2 (with your admin's blessing) it's harmless.

2. Paste the below code into a new text file saved as *.ahk, on your machine.

^Space::
{
BlockInput("On") ; Temporarily block all user input
Send("{Ctrl up}") ; Release Ctrl key if held
Sleep(20)

BlockInput("Off") ; Allow input again
Sleep(10)

Send("^d") ; Send clean Ctrl+d
Sleep(10)

Click()
Sleep(10)

Send("1")
Send("{Enter}")
Sleep(10)

Send("90")
Send("{Enter}")
}

3. Put a shortcut to this script in your startup folder, so it's always on when you start windows.

Now I can use ctrl+Spacebar to rotate whatever I have selected in plans or 3d windows. Nice little timesaver. feel free to adapt to your own workflow.

Mike

Notes:

Assumes Ctrl+Space is unassigned in your Archicad shortcuts, either clear it in AC or reassign in the code to something you prefer.

"^d" refers to "Ctrl+d" which is my rotate shortcut, replace in the code with your own shortcut or reassign to Ctrl+d in Archicad

Assumes using degrees,

Works by simply recreating the key sequence of shortcut to rotate, clicking 3-points and defining 90 degrees. won't copy and rotate.

No guarentees and not responsible for any malfunctioning on your machine.

I have a couple other timesavers with AHK if anyone is interested.

Operating system used: Windows 6020 AUT

Re: Quick 90 degrees rotate command.

CosminF — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:28:03 GMT

Hi,

This quick rotation is already available in archicad, starting from version 29.

https://help.graphisoft.com/AC/29/INT/_AC29_Help/005_NewFeatures/005_NewFeatures-6.htm

Re: Quick 90 degrees rotate command.

Lingwisyer — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 03:01:37 GMT

Other than all the AI (that require you to be on a subscription plan) and MEP things, quick rotate was one of the headline features of AC29 which came out two months ago.

Re: Quick 90 degrees rotate command.

jl_lt — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 04:27:54 GMT

quick rotate = the highlight of the year

Re: Quick 90 degrees rotate command.

vistasp — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:44:27 GMT

It would be interesting to see the other AHKs you have made for Archicad.

Re: Quick 90 degrees rotate command.

Toni Mayerhofer — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:21:35 GMT

This is so funny! Only took AC 15 years.

Re: Quick 90 degrees rotate command.

Toni Mayerhofer — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:24:17 GMT

Let me just flip through the other new features of AC 29 to check they arent redundant also!

Re: Quick 90 degrees rotate command.

Turit — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:39:21 GMT

There is also a free add-on for older versions (26-27-28).

Re: Quick 90 degrees rotate command.

cuba — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:06:48 GMT

Maybe make one similar to mirror objects?

Re: Quick 90 degrees rotate command.

FWRD_151 — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 17:12:44 GMT

Does anyone know why quick rotate does not work in the profile manager?