# Can’t rotate hexagon to be level

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-rotate-hexagon-to-be-level/19405>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [May 17, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-rotate-hexagon-to-be-level/19405 "2022-05-17T21:33:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DragonDon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@DragonDon](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DragonDon)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-rotate-hexagon-to-be-level/19405/1 "2022-05-17T21:33:23Z")

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What am I missing here?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/7/7ed528b7fed880514477e2e8c724a8438c419987.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/2/209504f6eac8f362089b08053e22a058a0523b54.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-rotate-hexagon-to-be-level/19405/2 "2022-05-17T21:53:18Z")

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Sketch a horizontal line. Select it and select the bottom line of the Octagon and read the angle at the bottom of the screen. Then rotate the sketch accordingly.

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**Author:** ![DragonDon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@DragonDon](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DragonDon)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-rotate-hexagon-to-be-level/19405/3 "2022-05-17T22:21:40Z")

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Thanks. I don’t know why I was getting the error message when trying the exact thing before. ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯