keyin for changing rotation tool from 3pt to active angle

Question

Hi, 
 
 A number of users have saved their settings with the rotation tool set to 3pt. There is now a requirement to move and rotate the data, and i am proposing to do this through keyins and batch process. 
 
 When trying to set the active angle i only have 2pt or 3pt, but not the actual angle itself 
 
 if anybody can point me in the right direction, that would be appreciated 
 
 Thanks

Erik Mendoza · Accepted Answer

The key-in to change the method of rotation for the Rotate Element tool is: "rotate original". This will switch the method to 'Active Angle'. I will list some other helpful key-ins for this. 
 
"rotate copy" does the same as "rotate original" but checks the Copy option, so a copy is made during the rotation. 
"rotate points" changes the method to '3 points' while "rotate points copy" does the same thing but adds the copy option. 
 
Do you need any further help?

Rod Wing · Answer

I'll suggest yet another way of doing this. communities.bentley.com/.../how-to-extract-keyins-for-the-tool-settings-in-microstation-v8i 
 
 This works in CONNECT Edition as well.

Lorys · Answer

search your instal of mstn for 55menu.dgn 
 its the old pallet digitiser for version 5.5 it has awesome keyins for everything that was available in Ver 5.5 all of which is still in V8i... only new features are not available 
 you have to fiddle with fills off and levels on of to find the scripts under the icons of labels but a great resource for F key programing and batch scripts...or custom menus etc... I love it! 
 If you dont have it pm me or email and I'll send it to you...

Kirk · Answer

Kieran are you asking for set view rotation view or set element angle? TRY THIS VBA. If you dig into the vba code you may find what you are looking for. Its a great tool if if it doesnt help you issue 
 communities.bentley.com/.../active-angle-assistant-macro

Kieran Gilman · Answer

Thank you all for your responses! Rotate Original did the trick for me