[DesignModeler] Rotating a surface on a specific axis

redordead · June 18, 2016, 08:08

Hi all,
Ive got a surface from solidworks imported to designModeler its an airfoil surface which i would be subtracting from flow domain using boolean but i would like to rotate this surface about the axis passing through the point the two splines used to make the airfoil surface are joined and be parallel to the z axis (the sketch i have is 2d so z axis is perpendicular to it ). So is there a way to do it ??
I know about body transform >rotate but how do i make that axis ive failed miserably trying to make it

. I know it might be very easy for you but I work mostly on solidworks and designmodeler is a bit new to me .

thegauravonline · February 16, 2017, 01:15

In the menu bar.

Create ---> Body Transformation ----> Rotate

Faysal14 · August 11, 2021, 03:23

I am facing the same problem. I just want to rotate the object with respect to Z-axis. But I can't select Z-axis in the Axis Selection option. How can I Do that?

siw · August 11, 2021, 08:44

I assume you have Rotate -> Axis Definition = Selection and you cannot select an axis to populate the Axis Selection = None box.

Have you changed to Axis Definition = Components, then use the default X Component = Y Component = 0 and Z Component = 1 to rotate about the z-axis only and set the required angle.

June 18, 2016, 08:08	Rotating a surface on a specific axis	#1
redordead New Member SAA Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 10	Hi all, Ive got a surface from solidworks imported to designModeler its an airfoil surface which i would be subtracting from flow domain using boolean but i would like to rotate this surface about the axis passing through the point the two splines used to make the airfoil surface are joined and be parallel to the z axis (the sketch i have is 2d so z axis is perpendicular to it ). So is there a way to do it ?? I know about body transform >rotate but how do i make that axis ive failed miserably trying to make it . I know it might be very easy for you but I work mostly on solidworks and designmodeler is a bit new to me .

February 16, 2017, 01:15	[solved]	#2
thegauravonline Member GS Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 81 Rep Power: 10	In the menu bar. Create ---> Body Transformation ----> Rotate

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August 11, 2021, 03:23		#3
Faysal14 New Member Md. Faysal Hossain Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	I am facing the same problem. I just want to rotate the object with respect to Z-axis. But I can't select Z-axis in the Axis Selection option. How can I Do that?

August 11, 2021, 08:44		#4
siw Senior Member Stuart Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Portsmouth, England Posts: 733 Rep Power: 25	I assume you have Rotate -> Axis Definition = Selection and you cannot select an axis to populate the Axis Selection = None box. Have you changed to Axis Definition = Components, then use the default X Component = Y Component = 0 and Z Component = 1 to rotate about the z-axis only and set the required angle.