I’m used to being able to lock in a rotation direction, but it’s not working for me in the attached file (rotate.skp) rotate.skp (344.1 KB) As shown in the screen recording, I have a small triangle that I’m using to lock in the rotation direction that I want. It works find for a simple line, But …

It loses the lock when you move the mouse over the pivot point (in the Web version), but if you press the down arrow twice it regains it and works as expected. In the desktop version it works correctly. Hi @tommy_acierno !

Can't lock in rotation direction

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Tony_M August 19, 2025, 4:38pm 2

I found a solution posted by @box here – very clever

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Can't lock in rotation direction

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