This might fall under the absence of "sheet metal" tooling but i have a question. Can i rotate a surface or solid along an axis (hinge) to meet another point? In reality im working with a dodecahedron made of regular pentagons. For illustration purposes, if i have a box with one open face, attached along an edge and open at an arbitrary angle, how would i "close" the box. When i chose the three point revolve it only allows me to pivot around only one point and not along an edge. When i use the single point revolve i can choose an arbitrary axis, my attached edge or "hinge", but it requires me to input an exact angle which i do not for certain (easier to measure with a cube than a irregular polygon). Is this possible?

If you are rotating a separate piece around a line you have to establish a new working plane and use that. With a dodecahedron you might be best establishing a new workplane using the 3 point method, this is what I usually do. It is time consuming but I do not know of a better way.

It would be great if we could select a line to pivot around like the revolve tool. What do you think Tim?

Art Carr

I just placed a line to define my pivot point,used the "select object command" under "workplane" and used the rotate 3 points command and it worked great.