It shows a red, a green, and a blue ring-shaped handle at the center of selected parts. A red ring rotates around X axis, a green one does around Y axis, and a blue one does around Z axis. Drag and move it right and left on each axis or ring to rotate selected parts. Drag in the same way if you also want to rotate up and down.
If you want to move the center position of a handle, drag on the handle ring or on the small yellow cube with pressing Ctrl-key.
You can change the shape of a handle in the 'Edit' column in the menu 'File' - 'Configuration'. You can choose either 'Arrows' or 'Rings'.
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Arrows | Rings |
It rotates like a trackball.
It rotates on the screen coordinate.
It can be only used for rough objects as perspective warp causes warp on shape after rotate.
It rotates around the parallel axis with each axis.
It can rotate by 15 degree with pressing shift key.
It inputs a number of the rotation degree along with X/Y/Z axes. You can also input the center position of a handle.