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iTool User's Guide: Common Operations |
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The iTools provide a number of ways to rotate graphical objects. Objects that are 3-D can be rotated freely or along an axis using the mouse. In addition, both 2-D and 3-D objects can be rotated left or right in 90-degree increments, or they can be rotated by a specified number of degrees. These tools rotate the entire data space.
Note Special consideration should be given when attempting to rotate a graphic image object within iImage. See for more details. |
To rotate a 3-D object with the mouse:
To rotate a selected 2-D or 3-D object 90° left or right, select Operations Rotate
Rotate Left or Operations
Rotate
Rotate Right.
Note For three-dimensional objects, the rotation is about the Z axis. |
To rotate a selected 2-D or 3-D object a specific number of degrees, select Operations Rotate
Rotate by Angle, specify the number of degrees in the Rotate Angle dialog, and click OK.
Note For two-dimensional objects (such as plots, images, annotations, contours, and so on) the angle is absolute. The rotation angle is remembered and displayed in the Rotate By Angle dialog. So for example, you can set the angle to zero degrees to make your visualization angle rotate back to zero. For 3D visualizations, Rotate by Angle is relative and does not remember the current rotation angle. |
IDL Online Help (March 01, 2006)