Rotating a polygon in sketch

michael_droll

I am trying to rotate a inscribed polygon in a sketch about the center point, but when i rotate with the transform tool only the construction circle moves and not the lines?

glen_dewsbury

Can you make your document public and share a link? Will help to see your issue first hand.

mfalkensteiner

Be sure to select the lines of the sketch and not the construction circle when using the Transform feature.

rick_randall

When you created the polygon, did you infer any horz. or vert. constraints to the polygons handle ? If you did, you need to delete those constraints before you can revolve the objects (lines).  The circle can be defined (black), but the lines must be under-defined (blue). Is this what you're after? It worked for me.

  P.S. - This method works for rotating text as well (look for horz. or vert. constraints and delete before rotating).

Good luck

michael_droll

glen_dewsbury said:

Can you make your document public and share a link? Will help to see your issue first hand.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/9c78168b1ea5ee28d45be859/w/efea0ed67c8e96785fb87855/e/2f59b94817efe34a74bcd3b3mfalkensteiner said:

Be sure to select the lines of the sketch and not the construction circle when using the Transform feature.

I tried that but then the point of rotation is not the centerpoint 

wayne_sauder

@michael_droll
 Why use the transform at all? 
You can delete the constraint preventing rotation (likely the point at the tip of the arrow for 10x has a midpoint and a horizontal constraint) and rotate around the center point. Maybe I missed something. 

NeilCooke

michael_droll said:

I tried that but then the point of rotation is not the centerpoint 

 Try dragging the transform tool to the centre of the circle........

rick_randall

What Neil said - grab the tiny circle at the center of the triad , then drag and drop to where ever you want the rotation to be centered.