Rotate Material Command

Rotate a material around X and/or Y and/or Z axes using the Rotate Material window.
  • Step-By-Step
  • Tips and Tricks
  • Related Tools

1 . Preselect a material to enable the Material contextual page and click the Rotate Material icon found in the Modify section. Skip step 2.

Alternative : Invoke Rotate Material using the Find Tool by searching the command name and clicking the Rotate Material icon, which is pictured above. Proceed to step 2.

2 . Select (left-click) a material.

Select One Item bindings

Alternative : You can press the Esc key, the Enter key, or right-click and choose "OK" or "Cancel" on the shortcut menu to end the command.

3 . The axes that you can rotate the material around (by default, " Member " axes) are drawn on screen through the material's origin reference point. The Rotate Material window opens.

3a : Select the " Coordinate system " that you want.

3b : Select the axis ( " X " or " Y " or " Z ") that you want to rotate around.

3c : Enter a number (of degrees) to the " Increment " field, or use the default value.

3d : Press the " Rotate + " or " Rotate - " button to rotate the material.

3e : When the material is positioned the way you want it, press the " OK " button to close this window and end the command.

Alternative 1 : Instead of doing the above, you can enter a number (of degrees) to the " X " or " Y " or " Z " field, then press the Tab key to rotate the material around that axis.

Alternative 2 : Press the " Cancel " button to end the Rotate Material command and keep everything as it was.

  • The origin reference point's location remains the same as the rotation proceeds.
  • Press the " Reset " button on the Rotate Material window button to revert the material back to its original rotation.
  • Rotating system connection material makes that connection graphical.
  • Rotate Material cannot be performed when the member that the material is located on has the Model complete date set.
  • Rotating member main material makes "Main material" user main material.
  • The default value for the "Increment" field on the Rotate Material window can be changed in
    User and Site Options > Modeling > Rotation increment.
  • Examples:

    • Example 1: The following example shows the changing of a material's rotation by selecting ' Member ' as the "Coordinate System", then changing the amount of rotation assigned to the " Z " field.

    1 . Invoke Rotate Material .
    2 . Select the one material that you want to rotate.
    3 . On the Rotate Material window, change the degree of angle value in the X axis, Y axis or Z axis fields, then press Tab . In this example, " Member " axes are shown.
    4 . The material rotates to a new position -- in this example, to ' 0 ' degrees around the " Z axis ." Press " OK " when the material is positioned where you want it to be.
    5 . The material is now rotated to a new position.

    Example 2: You can achieve the same results as shown in example 1 by selecting ' Member ' as the " Coordinate System " and " Z-axis " as the axis, then pressing the " Rotate - " button an appropriate number of times (as determined by the value in the " Increment " field).

    Example 3: Another way to do the same rotation as in example 1 is to change the " Coordinate System " to ' Material ', enter '-90' to the " Z " field, then press Tab on your keyboard.