Section Maker allows you to rotate shapes that you have already drawn. Shapes are rotated about the axes at an angle measured positive in the anti-clockwise direction. Rectangles may only be rotated in increments of 90 degrees.

To rotate a shape or shapes

§    Select the shape or shapes to be rotated

§    Choose Rotate from the Geometry menu

A dialog box will appear with a field for the angle of rotation

§    Type in the angle of rotation

§    Click the OK button

The selected shapes will be rotated about the origin of the axes and re-drawn in the Shape window