# ROTATE3D Command
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The ROTATE command is used to rotate objects around 3D axis.
## Command Access:
> **Ribbon:** 3D \> 3D Operations \> Rotate 3D
> **Menu:** Modify \> 3D Operations \> Rotate 3D
> **Command:** ROTATE3D
## Command Prompts:
> UCS current positive angle: ANGDIR\=counter clockwise ANGBASE\=0
> Select object:
> Specify first point on axis or define axis by
> \[Object/Last/View/Xaxis/Yaxis/Zaxis/2points\]:
Relative Glossary:
**Object:**
Align the selected object to rotation axis.
> **Line:**
> Align the selected object to rotate axis.
>
> > **Angle:**
> > Rotate the object around the selected line by specified angle.
> > **Reference:**
> > Specify reference angle and new angle.
> > The difference value between the start angle and endpoint angle is the rotation angle.
> >
> > 
>
> **Circle:**
> Align the rotation axis to the 3D axis of circle (the rotation axis goes across the circle center and is perpendicular to the circle plane).
>
> 
> **Arc:**
> Align the rotation axis to the 3D axis of arc (the rotation axis goes across the arc center and is perpendicular to the arc plane).
> **2D-polyline segment:**
> Align the rotation axis to polyline. The line in polyline could be seemed as line segment and the arc in polyline could be seemed as arc segment.
**Last:**
Rotate selected object by the previous axis.
**View:**
Align the rotation axis to the observation direction of current viewport that goes through one specified point.
**Xaxis, Yaxis, Zaxis:**
Align the rotation axis to one of the axes(X, Y or Z) that goes through one specified point.
**2points:**
Specify the rotation axis by two points.
## Other versions with matching text
[GstarCAD 2016](../../../2016/Commands/R/ROTATE3D%20Command.md) · [GstarCAD 2017](../../../2017/Commands/R/ROTATE3D%20Command.md) · [GstarCAD 2019](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2019/Commands/R/ROTATE3D%20Command.md) · [GstarCAD 2020](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2020/Commands/R/ROTATE3D%20Command.md) · [GstarCAD 2021](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2021/Commands/R/ROTATE3D%20Command.md)