# Trouble rotating

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-rotating/17977>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [March 12, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-rotating/17977 "2022-03-12T22:38:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dbc845/32.png) [@Ford](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ford)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-rotating/17977/1 "2022-03-12T22:38:14Z")

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I’m just finally starting to mess with this thing. I’m a total newb and really only messing with 2D drawings for now. I want to rotate this body clockwise but I keep getting an error.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/5/569b7d42b9590f7f61d6aba2cae3ca67e6e7421f.png)

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**Author:** ![Rohan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/rohan/32/15410_2.png) [@Rohan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Rohan)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-rotating/17977/2 "2022-03-13T14:06:11Z")

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I think you have locked your sketch.

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**Author:** ![Ford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dbc845/32.png) [@Ford](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ford)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-rotating/17977/3 "2022-03-14T21:26:21Z")

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I was gone for the weekend but I still haven’t gotten it figured out. I tried unlocking the sketch but I’m not sure if I’m doing it right since I’m still getting the same error message.

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**Author:** ![SM1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@SM1](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SM1)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-rotating/17977/4 "2022-03-14T22:44:36Z")

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Try redrawing it and doing it again…. If not could you maybe share the file if you can?

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**Author:** ![Sebestyen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/sebestyen/32/13022_2.png) [@Sebestyen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Sebestyen)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-rotating/17977/5 "2022-03-15T14:10:19Z")

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Hi there @Ford!

At first, it seems to me as if your sketch was locked, or constrained. Could you please double-check if upon selecting the whole sketch, after tapping on “ **Disconnect** ”, the issue still persists?

Please let me know how that worked!

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**Author:** ![Ford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dbc845/32.png) [@Ford](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ford)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-rotating/17977/6 "2022-03-18T18:19:42Z")

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That didn’t do it. I ended up redrawing the basic idea a second time and no luck. Then I opened a new drawing and it was fine.