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Steps to be able to move/rotate object

Use the Draft Workbench (2:34)
When you have a 3D object…

If you rotate that now with the mouse, you’re only rotating the view, not the object itself. To rotate the object...

Put in plane by pressing 1-6 keys (each is a different view) (4:00)

Need to be in a single plane so that you know where you’re rotating it

Select “Auto” (Set/unset a working plane)
Select “View” (4:50)

Now able to rotate and move in that plane without a weird result.

2 buttons to use then are...

Move

Rotate

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Moving Object

Button to use...

Move

Click Move/Rotate button, click (without holding) on object(s), and then click the location you want to move it to (sometimes slow to respond… so be patient)
If accidentally get out of the plane (5:55), hit “close” and then get back to the plane you started with (by hitting 1-6).
After moving object, you can check that it moved it correctly by rotating the view (e.g., clicking and dragging the window) (6:20). Then return to the correct plane before moving again.

When clicking these, if “Copy” is checked, it will create copy of object

When experimenting with this, you’ll see why the plane matters. It’s moving/rotating the object in 2-dimensional space within the plane you’ve selected. You’ll see that if you want to move/rotate it differently, you need to start in a different plane.

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Rotate object

Click object(s) to rotate
Click rotate button
Set handle to rotate around by clicking somewhere on object, then moving off object and clicking to create handle, then move mouse to rotate object (6:30)

If trying to rotate to a particular angle, while it’s rotating and you haven’t yet clicked to complete the rotation, you can enter a number in the left panel for a specific angle, then hit “Return”

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Checking the results

You can then rotate the view (click somewhere on screen, hold, and drag view) to see what your move/rotation did in 3 dimensions.

If you accidentally zoom out too much and can’t see the objects, select View, Standard views, Fit all

When done rotating the view, if you want to do another Move/Rotation, again select a working plane with the Auto button, or it may instead be showing coordinates

Select it, and then select View and continue with the same instructions as before.

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Troubleshooting

If you try to move or rotate an object and it doesn’t work, look to see if there’s an error message

On a Mac, this shows up on the bottom left of the screen. Try googling it…

Read-only��

Solution: Create a clone of the pad (3D object) you’re trying to move/rotate

Select the object to clone, then select Draft > Clone
You should then see something like this in your model tree on the left

Move/Rotate should work on that one
You can make the read-only pad invisible

Click on it in model tree, then hit spacebar

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