Rotation about X, Y, and Z axes?

[Anonymous]

Hello! My first post is sadly a result of frustration. I've been searching tutorials and googling for what I feel should be a fairly simple thing.

Attached is a shot of a truss sytem I want to fit into the shell by rotating it by approximately 20 degrees. I just don't know how to rotate an object such as a truss in a vertical direction.

If that doesn't make sense, when I use the rotate command, it allows me to rotate in a circle on a flat plane.

Is there a way that anyone knows how to rotate about different axes?

Please share!

[Steve Jepson]

http://www.gscne.com/new/support/FAQs/ac/026/default.htm

[Anonymous]

oh thank you, ill try that

[Ralph Wessel]

Magoose wrote:
Attached is a shot of a truss sytem I want to fit into the shell by rotating it by approximately 20 degrees. I just don't know how to rotate an object such as a truss in a vertical direction.Is there a way that anyone knows how to rotate about different axes?

Try OBJECTiVE. It will allow you to rotate any number of objects around a common pivot line, and also provides rotation in elevation/section windows. Referring to the attached image:

• 1) A selection of trusses to rotate, all constructed of individual parts for scheduling, i.e. the truss is not an object.
  
  2) In plan, select the objects to rotate and click the menu OBJECTiVE > Tools > Rotate. Click twice to define the rotation axis, and then click (or enter) the rotation angle. In this case, I'm rotating back by 20 degrees.
  
  3) The finished result in 3D

Note how this method will allow you to rotate an entire collection of different objects simultaneously about a common axis.