Middle Click Rotate

[Jabberwocky]

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.

 

[smcadman]

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

 

[Heckler]

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
SW2005 SP 5.0 & Pro/E 2001
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[sostrovsky]

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