Free Rotate

Click the Layout | Rotate | Free Rotate command or right-click on an object or group of objects and select Free Rotate to rotate a selected object with the mouse. After selecting the command, the cursor will change to or to indicate that the program is in rotate mode. Some objects cannot be rotated.

To rotate an object or a 2D graph:

  1. Click on an object to select it.
  2. Click the Layout | Rotate | Free Rotate command or right-click and select Free Rotate. The cursor changes to .
  3. Click inside the object’s bounding box and hold the left mouse button while moving the pointer.
  4. As the object is rotated, the degrees of rotation are indicated in the status bar and a dotted line showing the rotated location is displayed in the plot window.
  5. Release the mouse button to rotate the object to the new degree of rotation
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Click and drag the object to the new desired rotation

To rotate a 3D graph:

  1. Click on any part of the 3D graph to select it. The axes, plot, fill, etc. can be selected.
  2. Click the Layout | Rotate | Free Rotate command or right-click and select Free Rotate. The cursor changes to .
  3. Click inside the object’s bounding box and hold the left mouse button while moving the pointer.
  4. Left-click, hold the mouse button down, and drag the mouse to rotate the graph. A blue bounding box will display the graph outline as it is rotated.
  5. Release the mouse button and the graph updates to the desired rotation.
  6. Press ESC on the keyboard to end rotate mode.

Alternatively, use 3D Settings in the Property Manager to rotate a 3D graph.

To restore a 3D graph to the original rotation, click anywhere on the graph and click the Layout | Rotate | Reset Rotation command.

See Also

Rotate

Reset Rotation

Layout Tab Commands