# Repositioning parts

**URL:** <https://forum.techsoft3d.com/t/repositioning-parts/438>\
**Category:** HOOPS Visualize Web\
**Created:** [August 14, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.techsoft3d.com/t/repositioning-parts/438 "2021-08-14T04:15:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.techsoft3d.com/jonathan/32/44_2.png) [@Jonathan](https://forum.techsoft3d.com/u/Jonathan)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.techsoft3d.com/t/repositioning-parts/438/1 "2021-08-14T04:15:17Z")

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**Question:** Orientating/rotating a part without the triad/manually is a bit difficult. I know I can set a rotation using:

[https://docs.techsoft3d.com/communicator/latest/build/api\_ref/typedoc/classes/communicator.matrix.html#xaxisrotation](https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.techsoft3d.com%2Fcommunicator%2Flatest%2Fbuild%2Fapi_ref%2Ftypedoc%2Fclasses%2Fcommunicator.matrix.html%23xaxisrotation&data=04%7C01%7Cjonathan%40techsoft3d.com%7C01e57a40c73d48b0831608d95da635c3%7Ce70e725b09124e00a1d9e21c9f9292fb%7C0%7C0%7C637643790735715993%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=YqKPCJE1hvmuTHX%2BEkAACWKEpuday9qRbROfbTQ%2F%2FMM%3D&reserved=0)

I’m finding it difficult to compound to different axis rotation for example 45 degrees in the x axis and 45 degrees in the y axis. Is it possible to apply the rotation from the world axis, then sit back on the ground plane, rather than the centre point?

**Answer:** Try our handles operator. To enable it in our default viewer UI, expand the model tree, right-click on the parent node of the object you want to reposition, and select “show handles.”

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/techsoft3d/original/1X/7e81c616f1b60fc04f99c2c3658f9bc83a4fc063.png)

Here is a more thorough discussion of handles in our documentation:  
[https://docs.techsoft3d.com/communicator/latest/build/prog\_guide/viewing/operators/geometry-handles.html](https://docs.techsoft3d.com/communicator/latest/build/prog_guide/viewing/operators/geometry-handles.html)