XYZ Rotate Knob

3D Design
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Hello
when I make an assembly, I appreciate the rotation knob following X Y and Z (90°, each time you click)
I had to move this button somewhere, I can't find it anymore.
How do you make it appear again?
thank you for your help

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I don't know the requested button, but with shift+ click on the axis in question it works on my SW (even if I only use this very rarely):
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And without the shift but facing the axle (to be tested)
Modifying this also works with the keyboard arrow (+ shift=90° ) and without 10°:
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Hello

If it's just for 90° there is the right click held and then dragged to pop the radial menu.
Otherwise I don't see which "button" you are referring to.

After that, nothing prevents you from changing the increment in the option / View / Arrows menu of the keyboard: 90° which allows you to rotate your view using the arrow keys on the keyboard. (by the way I just changed it on my configue :stuck_out_tongue:)

Edit: Ditto, I don't necessarily think of using the trihedron.
I'm more "click on one side + spacespace key to in 90% of cases

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thank you for your answers...
I'm thinking of a rotation button pad of this type...

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Hello
I found this, it's when you insert a new component:
https://help.solidworks.com/2020/french/SolidWorks/sldworks/c_rotate_insert_comp_assembly.htm

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thank you Nicolas, that's right!
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I have the box checked but I don't know where my button is... I had to move it but I can't find it anymore...

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I just tested it and I didn't have this menu even though it was checked... Of course he was in a corner on the 2nd screen.
If it is out of visible area, you have to play with the screen positions or turn off the 2nd one to "repatriate" the menu in question. (sometimes it works)

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too bad for me...

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Hello;
Cooool, I didn't know this little menu...
In general, I use a keyboard shortcut assigned to "normal view to..." (the "N" key in my house, but I don't remember if it's part of the original shortcuts.)
Otherwise the directional keys on the keyboard associated, or not, with Shift.

Kind regards.

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In fact, @Maclane is not about turning the view (we all messed up on the need to LSE_BR), but about turning a part in an assembly to orient it properly.

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... :sweat_smile: I see... :upside_down_face:
I use another keyboard shortcut "Home" associated with the "Rotate" tool ("P") for this, the constraints doing the rest...
Sorry @LSE_BR for the confusion and thank you @FUZ3D for the correction.
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That said, associating these movements with the "TAB" key is not very clever on the part of Solidworks, in a "normal" context this key is equivalent to hiding the hovered component...

Kind regards.

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Hello
otherwise there is also ctrl +1 or 2 or 3 ... which makes this put normal to one side or another.
On the other hand, it works with the digits of the top keyboard.
May the force be with you.

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I don't have this need in the sense that my parts generally have an auto constraint that pre-positions the part. even if the orientation is not always good, that's already the case^^
Maybe in time I will use this "pre-orientation".

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I remind you that in the 2022 version there is a new gizmo that allows you to easily reorient a room before any constraint.
I made a little video that serves as a tutorial :wink:

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All this is good but I personally prefer to put the 1st constraint to orient the part and then finish constraining it rather than orienting it and then constraining it, I find it faster.

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