snap object every 45° while rotating around Z (Alias Design)

[weisbert]

Hello, is it possible to snap an object every 45°deg while rotating around Z?

It´s not a solution for me to type in the numbers in the information window all the time.

I want to have a snap or indicator as soon as the rotation reaches 0, 45, 90, 135.. deg

This is a basic modeling interface demand and essential to work interactively and to keep you in a flow while modeling.

Even Rhino is a benchmark here..

So any idea where to find this setting?

many thanks in advance!

[shinji-pons]

The functionality you're asking for is unavailable in Alias.

As you're already said, you can type the rotation angle in the Information Window.

There are a couple of other workarounds:

1. when the rotate tool is engaged, you can hit the Tab key to focus on the promptline and enter the rotation angle there.
   1. Typing "r 0 0 45" will rotate it +45 degrees relative to its current orientation every time
2. you could set up an instance of the duplicate tool that creates a new copy of your object rotated 45 degrees. This way, you create a rotated copy with a single click. The downside is that you create extra unnecessary geometry
3. you could write a simple dynamo script to rotate your geometry but it will be limited since last I checked, the object's pivot point is not importable in Dynamo

[Anonymous]

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@weisbert wrote:

Hello, is it possible to snap an object every 45°deg while rotating around Z?

It´s not a solution for me to type in the numbers in the information window all the time.

I want to have a snap or indicator as soon as the rotation reaches 0, 45, 90, 135.. deg

This is a basic modeling interface demand and essential to work interactively and to keep you in a flow while modeling.

Even Rhino is a benchmark here..

So any idea where to find this setting?

many thanks in advance!

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When moving an object that is already snapped to the target object, the selected object should snap to the target object in such a way that the tops, bottoms, or sides of both objects are parallel. For example, assume that the selected square is snapped to the left of the target square and that the top of the selected square is below the top of the target square. Moving the selected square up should cause its top to snap into alignment with the top of the target once in range. The same logic should apply when moving it down, or if the selected object is above/below the target and being moves horizontally.

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