About Rotate Controls

Use rotate controls to drag an element or text note to a desired degree of rotation around a central axis.

If desired, drag or click the center of rotation control to move the center to a new position. The control snaps to points and lines of interest, such as walls and the intersections of walls and lines. You can also position it in open space.

Elements in a Revit model are constrained to the workplane. Because of this, elements are unable to be freely rotated outside the constrains of the current workplane.