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Middle Click Rotate

Middle Click Rotate

Middle Click Rotate

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Hello all, we all know that middle click rotates your model about the origin.  However, I just discovered that if you middle click on an object you will get some constraints which may be handy:

Middle click - select point : The point becomes the origin of rotation.

Middle click - select edge : The edge becomes your axis of rotation.

Middle click - select face : The face becomes your plane of rotation.

I could only get these to work with flat/straight things, your selection should turn pink and your icon will change to what looks like a line integral.

RE: Middle Click Rotate

This has been around since SW04; I didn't use SW before that so I don't know if this was available before then.

Flores
SW06 SP4.1

RE: Middle Click Rotate

That's been around for a long time circa 2000.  It's a great tool if you zoomed in on a large assembly.

Best Regards,

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
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RE: Middle Click Rotate

SW2007 doesn't require a wheel click anymore to maintain focus when you rotate. I have to re-teach myself to stop wheel clicking on vertices now.

Steve O

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