@rich o brien said:

This is what I was trying to describe. You expect the left because that's the action you commit. Whereas the reality could be right.

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Thanks - I can ( I think) see how I'm getting the unexpected rotation values.

If I make the RotX, RotY, and ROtZ attributes editable with a textbox, I can manually get the panels to orient the way I want.
But I lose the ability to use the Rotate Tool on a single panel or simultaneously on multiple selected panels (panel(s) just revert(s) back to Rot value in textbox upon any edits).

I there a way to use the Rotate Tool and also be able to type in Rot values in a textbox?
I've played around with the "Current" function, but with no success.

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I’m having trouble understanding the Rotation Values I’m seeing for my dynamic component.
I created a basic dynamic component rectangle and made the Rotation Attributes visible.
It was created “flat” on the plane of the “ground”, so the Rotation Attributes show as RotX=0, RotY=0,RotZ=0 - as I would expect.
Typically I’d orient this for work purposes in a vertical plane, so I rotate it along the red axis which results in RotX=90, RotY=0,RotZ=0 - so far so good.
But when I then rotate the DC rectangle 90 deg. counterclockwise along the blue axis, instead of getting the expected Rotation reporting results, I get the oddball result of RotX=-139, RotY=90,RotZ=-112.
Trying to develop a Construction Estimating approach that relies on accurate reporting of a panel’s Rotation values.
What am I doing wrong?

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