topic Re: ROTATE by reference as default in AutoCAD Forum

ROTATE by reference as default

76jsa — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:56:40 GMT

Hello,

is there a way to set ROTATE by reference as default, not by base point?

Thanks

Re: ROTATE by reference as default

SEANT61 — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 10:33:12 GMT

You may be able to redefine the command to call some addin program.

Alternatively -

For a rotate with reference call, I use a Right-Click menu entry with the command macro:

^C^C_Select \_rotate previous ;\r @;

Re: ROTATE by reference as default

Kent1Cooper — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:34:51 GMT

@76jsa wrote:

.… is there a way to set ROTATE by reference as default, not by base point? ….

You're not going to escape the need for a base point, in any case, since Rotating by Reference is still necessarily around some base point. But you could define a dedicated command that automatically feeds in the Reference option after that. Something like this [minimally tested]:

(defun C:ROTATER (/ ss) ; = Rotate with built-in Reference option

(if (setq ss (ssget))

(command "_.rotate" ss "" pause "_reference")

)

You could even UNDEFINE the native ROTATE command, and make that the definition of that command name by taking the R off the end of the name. You would still have standard ROTATE available if needed, by typing it in with the period prefix:

.ROTATE

Re: ROTATE by reference as default

scot-65 — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 22:55:08 GMT

I have a similar utility to Kent's and have named it
c:RTR

???

Re: ROTATE by reference as default

SEANT61 — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 06:56:26 GMT

As a supplement to my Rotate by Reference command macro suggestion, here is a screencast of that, plus another By Reference sub option. There are times when that sub option functionality comes in handy. That sub-option macro:
^C^C_Select;\_rotate previous;;\r;@;\p;\\

Re: ROTATE by reference as default

pl.fischer68 — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 10:50:41 GMT

how do you define this command ?

Re: ROTATE by reference as default

Kent1Cooper — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 11:45:30 GMT

@pl.fischer68 wrote:

how do you define this command ?

Copy the code and paste it into a plain-text editor such as Notepad. Save it to a file [call it whatever you want] with a .lsp filetype ending. In an AutoCAD drawing, use APPLOAD, navigate to where you put that file, and Load it. The command name is ROTATER [not case-sensitive].

Re: ROTATE by reference as default

pl.fischer68 — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 16:42:24 GMT

thank you so much dude, this rotate command was driving me crazy. Now the ROTATER does work, but it doesn't appear in the aliasedit panel (i'd like to create a shortcut for the new rotater command)

Re: ROTATE by reference as default

Kent1Cooper — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 11:48:08 GMT

@pl.fischer68 wrote:

.... (i'd like to create a shortcut for the new rotater command)

I think the command alias editor may work only with actual AutoCAD command names. But you can make the name of the command anything you want -- the part immediately following (defun C: is always the command name, so just change ROTATER to something else [as long as it doesn't conflict with some already-existing command name or alias].

Re: ROTATE by reference as default

pl.fischer68 — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 12:13:56 GMT

amazing ! thank you for taking the time to explain me this, hope it will help others !