Rotate Drawing Sheet Orientation

Switch between portrait and landscape orientation of figure drawing sheets.

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Written by Laura Berwick
Updated over a week ago

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



    OR


    Click the orientation control dropdown to apply a different available option.



    Note that only options applicable to your selected sheet will be available. See more below on rotating images with sheets.

  3. Sheet orientation will be updated based on your selection.


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.

  3. Click, Ctrl+Click (Cmd-Click for Macs), or Shift+Click to select the sheet(s) you wish to rotate.


  4. Click the rotate orientation control at the top of the Sheets panel to apply the option shown in the tooltip



    OR

    Click the orientation control dropdown to apply a different available option.



    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.

  5. Your sheets will be rotated according to your selection.


Rotate Background Images with Sheets

  1. Navigate to/select the desired sheet(s) as described above.


  2. Click the rotation control at the top of the Sheets panel when the "with Images" tooltip is displayed



    OR

    select the dropdown menu option that includes "with Images".



    Note that the "with Images" options will only be available when the selected sheet(s) include a background image.

  3. The background image will rotate along with the changed page orientation.



    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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