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Rotate Drawing Sheet Orientation

Switch between portrait and landscape orientation of figure drawing sheets.

Written by Laura Berwick

This article covers the following topics:

  • Rotate a Single Sheet

  • Rotate Multiple Sheets

  • Rotate Background Images with Sheets

Rotate a Single Sheet

  1. Navigate to the figure drawing sheet you wish to rotate orientation for.
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  2. Click the orientation control in the toolbar to apply the option shown in the tooltip
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    Click the orientation control dropdown to apply a different available option.
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    ​Note that only options applicable to your selected sheet will be available. See more below on rotating images with sheets.
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  3. Sheet orientation will be updated based on your selection.
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Rotate Multiple Sheets

  1. Open the Sheets panel in the left-hand sidebar of the Drawing Tool.

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  2. Scroll as needed to locate the sheet(s) you wish to rotate.

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  3. Click, Ctrl+Click (Cmd-Click for Macs), or Shift+Click to select the sheet(s) you wish to rotate.
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  4. Click the rotate orientation control at the top of the Sheets panel to apply the option shown in the tooltip
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    OR
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    Click the orientation control dropdown to apply a different available option.
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    ​Note that the clicked option will only change orientation where applicable. For example, the "Portrait" option is available with a mix of portrait- and landscape-oriented sheets selected, but clicking it will only cause changes to landscape-oriented sheets.
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  5. Your sheets will be rotated according to your selection.
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Rotate Background Images with Sheets

  1. Navigate to/select the desired sheet(s) as described above.
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  2. Click the rotation control at the top of the Sheets panel when the "with Images" tooltip is displayed
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    select the dropdown menu option that includes "with Images".
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    ​Note that the "with Images" options will only be available when the selected sheet(s) include a background image.
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  3. The background image will rotate along with the changed page orientation.
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    ​Note that this rotation will only be applied to images imported as background images. Image stencils and other stencils will not rotate.

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