Mickey Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Why can I only rotate hybrid objects on the "Z" axis? Maybe I'm missing something. I drop a symbol in my drawing, then change the view to the front and I want to rotate the object so it's orientation is differnt. Say on the Y axis so the object is vertical. Is that so absurd? How do I make this happen? Quote Link to comment
focuseddesign Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Hey Mickey...To rotate a hybrid, you need to convert it to a group first, rotate it, then create a new symbol with the new orientation. Quote Link to comment
Mickey Posted September 17, 2004 Author Share Posted September 17, 2004 Well that's just dumb! Here I am trying to draw in 3d and the thing I want to do the most (rotate lights)is the hardest thing to do. Quote Link to comment
Kevin Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 If you are using Spotlight, then you may want to post this to that forum. Quote Link to comment
focuseddesign Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 I think Mickey's issue applies to all hybrid objects. You can only rotate a hybrid symbol about the z access. It seems impossible to rotate a symbol from a horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation without converting to a group first. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Andrew Bell@NV Posted September 22, 2004 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 22, 2004 quote: Originally posted by mickey: Why can I only rotate hybrid objects on the "Z" axis? A hybrid object in VectorWorks is an object aligned with the ground plane with a 2-D image for plan views and a 3-D model for all other views. A 2-D image can be rotated around the Z axis and would still correspond with the rotated 3-D geometry, but this doesn't hold if you do a generic rotation. If you have a hybrid object whose 3-D geometry you want to rotate arbitrarily, ungroup it and delete the 2-D image part or convert it to 3-D polygons or nurbs. Quote Link to comment
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