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  1. Chapter Objectives
  2. Chapter Objectives
  3. EXERCISE 3-1 Drawing a Rectangular Conference Room, Including Furniture
  4. EXERCISE 3-1 Drawing a Rectangular Conference Room, Including Furniture
  5. Making a Drawing Template
  6. Making a Drawing Template
  7. Polyline
  8. Polyline
  9. OFFSET
  10. OFFSET
  11. EXPLODE
  12. EXPLODE
  13. ID Point
  14. ID Point
  15. TRIM
  16. TRIM
  17. Rectangle
  18. Rectangle
  19. CHAMFER
  20. CHAMFER
  21. FILLET
  22. FILLET
  23. COPY and Osnap-Midpoint
  24. COPY and Osnap-Midpoint
  25. ROTATE
  26. ROTATE
  27. POINT
  28. POINT
  29. DIVIDE
  30. DIVIDE
  31. MEASURE
  32. MEASURE
  33. OSNAP
  34. OSNAP
  35. MIRROR
  36. MIRROR
  37. Osnap Modes That Snap to Specific Drawing Features
  38. Osnap Modes That Snap to Specific Drawing Features
  39. Running Osnap Modes
  40. Running Osnap Modes
  41. Osnap Settings: Marker, Aperture, Magnet, Tooltip
  42. Osnap Settings: Marker, Aperture, Magnet, Tooltip
  43. EXERCISE 3-2 Drawing a Rectangular Lecture Room, Including Furniture
  44. EXERCISE 3-2 Drawing a Rectangular Lecture Room, Including Furniture
  45. Making Solid Walls Using Polyline and Solid Hatch
  46. Making Solid Walls Using Polyline and Solid Hatch
  47. From
  48. From
  49. BREAK
  50. BREAK
  51. Polyline Edit
  52. Polyline Edit
  53. HATCH
  54. HATCH
  55. ARRAY
  56. ARRAY
  57. ARRAYEDIT
  58. ARRAYEDIT
  59. Distance
  60. Distance
  61. Exercise 3-3 Drawing a Curved Conference Room, Including Furniture
  62. Exercise 3-3 Drawing a Curved Conference Room, Including Furniture
  63. Polyline
  64. Polyline
  65. POLYGON
  66. POLYGON
  67. Grips—Add Vertex
  68. Grips—Add Vertex
  69. Grips—Convert to Arc
  70. Grips—Convert to Arc
  71. ARRAY
  72. ARRAY
  73. Exercise 3-4 Drawing a Conference Room Using Polar Tracking
  74. Exercise 3-4 Drawing a Conference Room Using Polar Tracking
  75. Polar Tracking
  76. Polar Tracking
  77. Polyline Edit
  78. Polyline Edit
  79. Specifying Points with Tracking
  80. Specifying Points with Tracking
  81. Drawing the Chairs around the Conference Table
  82. Drawing the Chairs around the Conference Table
  83. Completing the Conference Room
  84. Completing the Conference Room
  85. Using Command Preview
  86. Using Command Preview
  87. Choosing Selection Options
  88. Choosing Selection Options
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ROTATE

The ROTATE command rotates a selected drawing entity in the counterclockwise direction; 90° is to the left, and 270° (or –90°) is to the right. You select a base point of the entity to be rotated, and the entity rotates about that base point.

ROTATE

Ribbon/Panel

Home/Modify

Rotate_icon1.jpg

Draw Toolbar:

Rotate_icon2.jpg

Menu Bar:

Modify/Rotate

Type a Command:

ROTATE

Command Alias:

RO

  • Step 27. Use the ROTATE command to rotate CHAIR 2 (Figure 3-12), as described next:

    Prompt

    Response

    Type a command:

    Rotate (or type RO <Enter>)

    Current positive angle in UCS:

    ANGDIR=counterclockwise ANGBASE=0

    Select objects: Start the window to include CHAIR 2

    Specify opposite corner: Complete the window to include CHAIR 2

    Select objects:

    <Enter>

    Specify base point:

    Type MID <Enter>

    mid of

    P1→ (Figure 3-12)

    Specify rotation angle or [Copy Reference]:

    Type 90 <Enter>

Reference

If you don’t know the specific rotation angle, the Reference option of the Rotate prompt is sometimes easier to use. It allows you to select the object to be rotated and click the base point. Type R <Enter> for Reference. Then you can enter the Reference angle: (current angle) of the object by typing it and pressing <Enter>. If you don’t know the current angle, you can show AutoCAD the Reference angle: by picking the two endpoints of the line to be rotated. You can specify the New angle: by typing it and pressing <Enter>. If you don’t know the new angle, you can show AutoCAD the New angle: by picking a point on the drawing.

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