1 .. _featureAngularCopy:
6 The feature **Angular copy** makes a compound of several rotated shapes basing on the initial shape.
8 To create an Angular copy in the active part:
10 #. select in the Main Menu *Part - > Angular copy* item or
11 #. click **Angular copy** button in the toolbar
13 .. image:: images/multirotation.png
17 **Angular copy** button
19 The following property panel appears.
21 .. image:: images/angularcopy.png
25 Angular copy property panel
29 - **Main objects** panel contains shapes to be rotated. The shapes are selected in 3D OCC viewer or object browser;
30 - **Vector of rotation** defines the axis of rotation. The vector of rotation is an edge, axis selected in 3D OCC viewer or object browser;
31 - **Angular Step** check-box turns on/off definition of the angle by which the object is rotated. By default (if the checkbox is not checked), **Angular Step** = 2 * PI / NbTimes;
32 - **Nb. Copies** defines the number of rotated shape copies in the resulting compound. If **Nb. Copies** = 1, the result contains only the initial shape.
34 **TUI Command**: *model.addMultiRotation(Part_doc, [shape], axis, step, Nb)*
36 **Arguments**: part + list of shapes in format *model.selection(TYPE, shape)* + axis in format *model.selection(TYPE, shape)*+ real (step value) + integer (Nb. Copies).
40 Result of cylinder rotation is a compound.
42 .. image:: images/angularcopycyl.png
48 **See Also** a sample TUI Script of :ref:`tui_create_angularcopy` operation.