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title: Rotate
description: "You can rotate selected objects around a base point to an absolute angle. ![](https://dwgsee.com/cad/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Rotate-300x197.png) - Command line enter Rotate or R - Right click to choose \"Rotate\" - Menu click \"Modify/Rotate\" The following prompts are displayed. ## Select objects Use…"
url: "https://www.dwgsee.com/cad/support/docs/rotate/"
updated: "2024-12-30"
category: User Guide / Modify Objects / Move and Rotate Objects
tags:
  - Command Line
  - Moving and Rotating Objects
  - Rotate
---

# Rotate

You can rotate selected objects around a base point to an absolute angle.

![](https://dwgsee.com/cad/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Rotate-300x197.png)

- Command line enter Rotate or R
- Right click to choose "Rotate"
- Menu click "Modify/Rotate"

The following prompts are displayed.

## Select objects

Use an object selection method and press Enter when you finish.

## Specify base point

Specify a point.

## Specify rotation angle

Enter an angle, specify a point, enter c , or enter r.

- **Rotation Angle.**Determines how far an object rotates around the base point. The axis of rotation passes through the specified base point and is parallel to the Z axis of the current UCS.
- **Copy.**Creates a copy of the selected objects for rotation.
- **Reference.**Rotates objects from a specified angle to a new, absolute angle. When you rotate a viewport object, the borders of the viewport remain parallel to the edges of the drawing area.