Bentley Descartes 2023

Local Rotate tool settings



SettingDescription
Area

Use to select the area to rotate.

  • Block: Using the pointer, select two data points to create a block to rotate.

  • Oriented Block: Using the pointer, select two data points to create an oriented block to rotate.

  • Element: Using the pointer, select an existing closed vector element to rotate.

  • Shape: Using the pointer, draw a shape to rotate.

  • Item: Identify the item whose external boundary will be taken as the image area to rotate. For binary rasters only.

Method
  • Active Angle: the image area is rotated by the active angle, which can be keyed in.

  • 2 Points: the angle of rotation is defined by entering two data points.

  • 3 Points: the angle of rotation is defined by three data points.

Active Angle

Use to key in the active angle value.

About Center

If on, in Extended Information section of tool settings, the selected image area section is rotated about its center point instead of a selected point.

Make Copy

If on, the image area is copied instead of being cut.