SOLIDWORKS Rotation Macro
A conversation-specific public summary of solidworks rotation macro, distilled from the supplied export. The detailed excerpts remain available in the released note file.
Rotate around the selected edge
OPEN FULL SIZE ↗- Pick
- One straight edge
- Horizontal
- Align with the sheet
- Vertical
- Optional 90° direction
TECHNICAL NOTES///
Conversation-specific knowledge extracted from the solidworks rotation macro discussion.
QUESTION / CONTEXTis there a way to precisly roate this view so it looks like the red boxc, if not can we write a macro that works like this, i select a line of the part in the view and it roates it this is solid works 2025
IMPORTANT GUIDANCE
- you click one straight line or visible linear edge in the drawing view
- run the macro
- it rotates that view so the selected line becomes exactly horizontal
- optional: you can enter `90` if you want that line vertical instead
- Use this in SOLIDWORKS 2025 VBA macro:
- Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
- Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
- Set swMathUtil = swApp.GetMathUtility
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