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Option - immediately following a rotate command - to flip the rotate direction !? (#1939)
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jol  
#1 Posted : Friday, January 2, 2009 7:09:52 AM(UTC)
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Here's an old request - but a goodie !

It always seemed so logical to me that option would flip over a surface offset, an offset curve and so on ..

.. so I've never understood why you don't allow option - immediately following a rotate command - to flip the rotate direction !?

I simply always rotate things the wrong way first .. and option-flip would release me from having to go mouse to the toolbar again and type in to negate the rotate number

That's all I want for Christmas (well hmmm - there is this perspective thing !)
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NickB  
#2 Posted : Friday, January 2, 2009 12:12:28 PM(UTC)
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Jol,
Like you this has bugged me for years, and I have always had to mouse to the control panel and enter that -. Then one day I got it. Clock-wise rotations are negative, anti-clockwise positive. Of course there is still the odd exception when things get messed up, but 90% of the time that works.

The solution to this age old problem is 3 fold:
- Add instructions that tell us which way a rotation will happen, clockwise or anti clockwise.
- Add the option key.
- Enlarge and change the direction of the tools icon arrow based on the number in the control panel.
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jol  
#3 Posted : Friday, January 2, 2009 12:15:41 PM(UTC)
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doesn't it depend from which direction you're viewing it ?
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NickB  
#4 Posted : Friday, January 2, 2009 4:39:16 PM(UTC)
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Thats half the problem, but 99% of the time I use the >Rotate One PointWork Pln Normal< mode so if you know your work plane you are mostly okay.
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nabed  
#5 Posted : Saturday, January 3, 2009 7:08:57 AM(UTC)
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Yes please!
Me like option flip!

Ciao, Norbert
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