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Rotating a polygon in sketch

michael_droll
michael_droll Member Posts: 4 ✭
in Community Support
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?

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  • glen_dewsbury
    glen_dewsbury Member Posts: 1,376 PRO
    Can you make your document public and share a link? Will help to see your issue first hand.
  • mfalkensteiner
    mfalkensteiner Member, Onshape Employees, csevp Posts: 87 image
    Be sure to select the lines of the sketch and not the construction circle when using the Transform feature.
    Principal Technical Services Engineer, EMEAI
  • rick_randall
    rick_randall Member Posts: 436 ✭✭✭
    edited April 2024
    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
    michael_droll Member Posts: 4 ✭
    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
    wayne_sauder Member, csevp Posts: 689 PRO
    @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
    NeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 6,103 image
    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........
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA
  • rick_randall
    rick_randall Member Posts: 436 ✭✭✭
    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.

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