Use the Rotate () node to create one or multiple rotated copies with varying rotation angles, as shown in Figure 7-92 and Figure 7-93.

To rotate geometry objects, in the Geometry toolbar, from the Transforms () menu, select Rotate (). You can also right-click the Geometry or a Work Plane feature to add this from the Transforms submenu. Then enter the properties of the rotate operation using the following sections:

From the Input objects list, choose Manual (default) to select the geometry objects that you want to rotate in the Graphics window. Click the Activate Selection button to toggle between turning ON and OFF the Input objects selections. Alternatively, choose All objects to select all objects or choose All nonconstruction objects to automatically select all objects that have not been marked as Construction Geometry. If the geometry sequence includes user-defined selections above the Rotate node, you can choose one of the selections from the Input objects list.

Select the Keep input objects checkbox to use the selected geometry objects for further geometry operations.

In 2D, specify an Angle (in degrees; default: 0) for the rotation. To get several rotated objects, enter a list of angles separated with commas or spaces or using the range function. Click the Range button () to define a range of angles using the Range dialog. For example, range(0,45,315) creates eight objects, one at the original position and seven rotated copies at 45 degrees distance around a full 360 degrees circle.

From the Specify list, choose Axis of rotation (the default, Euler angles (Z-X-Z), or Edge as the way to specify the rotation.

From the Specify list, choose Position (the default) or Vertex. When you specify the position, enter the center of the rotation in the x and y (for 2D); r and z (in 2D axial symmetry); and xw and yw in work plane fields. For Vertex, select a point in the Graphics window. Click the Activate Selection button to toggle between turning ON and OFF the Center of rotation selections.

From the Specify list, choose Coordinates (the default) or Vertex. When you specify the position, enter a point on the rotation axis in the x, y, and z fields (default 0,0,0). For Vertex, select a point in the Graphics window. Click the Activate Selection button to toggle between turning ON and OFF the Point on axis of rotation selections.

The coordinate system in which the point coordinates and axis of rotation above are interpreted (in 3D geometries only). From the Take work plane from list, select This sequence (the default) to use a work plane earlier in the same geometry sequence, or choose a part instance earlier in the sequence to choose a work plane from that part. From the Work plane list, select xy-plane (the default, for a standard global Cartesian coordinate system) or select any work plane defined above this node in the geometry sequence. If you choose a work plane, the work plane and its coordinate system appears in the Graphics window, using an extra coordinate triad with the directions xw, yw, and zw (which are then used to specify the rotation axis position).

Select the Resulting objects selection checkbox to create predefined selections (for all levels — objects, domains, boundaries, edges, and points — that are applicable) in subsequent nodes in the geometry sequence. To also make all or one of the types of resulting entities (domains, boundaries, edges, and points) that the resulting objects consist of available as selections in all applicable selection lists (in physics and materials settings, for example), choose an option from the Show in physics (Show in instances if in a geometry part, Show in 3D if in a work plane’s plane geometry) list: All levels, Domain selection, Boundary selection, Edge selection, or Point selection. The default is Domain selection, which is suitable for use with materials and physics defined in domains. For use with a boundary condition, for example, choose Boundary selection. These selections do not appear as separate selection nodes in the model tree. Select Off to not make any selection available outside of the geometry sequence. From the Color list, choose a color for highlighting the resulting objects selection. See Selection Colors.

If you want to make the resulting entities contribute to a cumulative selection, select a cumulative selection from the Contribute to list (the default, None, gives no contribution), or click the New button to create a new cumulative selection (see Cumulative Selections).

If you have Named Selections that include entities on the input objects, select the Propagate selections to resulting objects (selected by default) checkbox to update the selections to corresponding entities on the output objects, when possible. Clear the checkbox to not propagate the selection to the resulting objects. This can be useful in combination with selecting the Keep input objects checkbox so that the selections refer only to the input objects.

Select the Create index attribute checkbox to assign 1-based values to the output objects that correspond to the index in the object’s name. The default attribute tag name is listed in the Attribute tag edit field. The name can be changed. The attribute tag can be used in expressions in Logical Expression Selection (Geometry Sequences) and Logical Expression (in Definitions) to quickly select some of the rotated objects.

From the Construction geometry list choose On to make the resulting objects available only in the feature’s geometry sequence. The default option Inherit means that the resulting objects become construction geometry if all input objects are construction geometry. Choose Off to never output construction geometry objects. For more information, see Construction Geometry.