How do you rotate a solid along the z axis?

Draw a circle, radius 5, at 0,0,0. Then extrude that circle 10 units high, so now you have a cylinder, radius 5 and height 10 units, at 0,0,0. Now, I need to rotate the entire cylinder so that the centerline of the cylinder makes an angle with the y axis of 60 degrees. How do I do this?

 

Not knowing which release of AutoCAD you are using... here are a few choices
for commands:

ROTATE3D... or

ALIGN (if you have line drawn at the proper angle... align the CENter of the
cylinders to the ENDpoints)

Or you could have rotated the UCS prior to drawing the cylinder or drawing
the circle to extrude
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Tracy W. Lincoln
Autodesk Discussion Group Facilitator
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so now you have a cylinder, radius 5 and height 10 units, at 0,0,0. Now, I
need to rotate the entire cylinder so that the centerline of the cylinder
makes an angle with the y axis of 60 degrees. How do I do this?

 

Do you have the 3d view tool bar open? the one that has a bunch of cubes
with different sides shaded, I forget its proper title.
just click the icon for the side you want to view from, then use the ROTATE
command in the normal manner.

 

Never was quite sure why people continue to draw and extrude when the cylinder command will do it all in one command.

CYLINDER
Current wire frame density: ISOLINES=4
Specify center point for base of cylinder or [Elliptical] <0,0,0>:
Specify radius for base of cylinder or [Diameter]: 5
Specify height of cylinder or [Center of other end]: c
Specify center of other end of cylinder: @10<0<60

 

OP might have LT. Or might really want an extruded circle rather than a
solid cylinder.
--
David Byrnes/Vancouver BC
AutoDesk Discussion Group Facilitator

cylinder command will do it all in one command.

 

Just a question:
Is it possible with LT to create solids?

 

<<OP might have LT. Or might really want an extruded circle rather than a solid cylinder.>>

An EXTRUDEd circle "IS" a solid CYLINDER. IF he's got LT he's outa luck for solids.

 

Well, no, an extruded circle (OP's words) is a circle with thickness. You
can extrude objects in LT by giving them a thickness in the Properties
palette, and what you end up with is a solid cylinder.

An EXTRUDEd circle (your words, by which I assume you refer to the EXTRUDE
command in regular AutoCAD, is indeed a solid cylinder and unachievable in
LT.

As we both know, you can't create solids in LT.
--
David Byrnes/Vancouver BC
AutoDesk Discussion Group Facilitator

for solids.

 

Make that "what you end up with is a HOLLOW cylinder."

 

No, no solids or surfaces other than simply assigning thickness to 2D
objects.
--
David Byrnes/Vancouver BC
AutoDesk Discussion Group Facilitator

 

Hi Ficer,

Nine replies already and nobody answered your question yet. Cheez!

Simply switch to the FRONT VIEW and hit the VIEW UCS icon. That's the one with a little UCS and a white box. Your UCS will now be planer to the front view. Now just rotate the cylinder 30* positive to get the 60* shown.

And it does not matter what version you are on, it'll work on all of them.

See attched. GL

 

<<Well, no, an extruded circle (OP's words) is a circle with thickness.>>

Well no, an extruded circle is an EXTRUDEd circle, a circle with thickness is a circle with thickness.


<<You can extrude objects in LT by giving them a thickness in the Properties palette, >>

Well no, you don't extrude them, you only give them thickness.


<<and what you end up with is a solid cylinder.>>

Well no, you end up with a circle with thickness

 

Same answer given by first two responders.

 

Again, you did not read. Tracie was the 1st responder and did not give the same answer as I did. And did not answer the question that was asked, but offered OTHER advice. This is not bad, but to answer you, not the SAME as mine.

kev was the 2nd responder and did give the same answer as me, but neglected to mention the necessity to rotate the UCS after switching to the FRONT view.

And you were the 3rd responder who offered absolutely no answer what-so-ever (as is par for the course).

Lastly, I not only answered the question, but offered visual help as well.

 

Is that world view or front view ;-)

 

I SEE MY REPLY WAS PULLED ALREADY. So I'll re-reply. Go ahead and pull this one too, no big deal.

WRONG, read the 1st two responders again. Tracys was totally different and kev didn't tell him to realign the UCS and you were the 3rd. I also added a visual of what I was talking about.

 

Since this reply leaves out all the attacks on other posters, it
stays.

 

Not nice Jason. I wouldn't expect that from you.

Yes it was the Front View I meant and no it wasn't the Top (World) View that AutoCAD still erroneously uses. ;-(

 

Sorry, couldn't help myself. I stayed out of the last augment as much as
possible since it makes no difference to me whatsoever where world is. Men
are from Mars anyway.

 

From madcadd:
<<kev didn't tell him to realign the UCS>>


From kev:
<<Do you have the 3d view tool bar open? the one that has a bunch of cubes with different sides shaded, I forget its proper title. just click the icon for the side you want to view from,>>