# Transform about axis

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transform-about-axis/8423
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 16, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transform-about-axis/8423 "2021-11-16T18:14:45Z")
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### Author: ![eb1064](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@eb1064](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/eb1064)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transform-about-axis/8423/1 "2021-11-16T18:14:46Z")

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I have a 3D model that looks like:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/bc4758483fcbb0f125e767866604478b54b7c998.png)

I am trying to get my model to rotate 180 degrees to look like:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a67d69dcf255f8dec70d6478dcdbc828ece2faa8.png)

However when I use the transform filter, my model also translates, even though I only specify rotation 180 in Y.

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6f2d2df74436ca41d02705a456e3d648bcdba883.png)

How can I rotate about an axis without translation??

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transform-about-axis/8423/2 "2021-11-16T18:17:57Z")

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You are rotating around the origin, not the center of your object. I forget which goes first, but in basic steps, do this?

- Translate so the origin is in the center of your model.
- Rotate
- Translate back where your model originally was.

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### Author: ![Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/kenneth_moreland/32/15033_2.png) [@Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenneth_Moreland)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transform-about-axis/8423/3 "2021-11-16T20:52:42Z")

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The latest ParaView 5.10 release candidate has a new option to the `Transform` filter that allows you to rotate around a specified point in space. (See [Transform: How to rotate stl about a given axis? - #5 by mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transform-how-to-rotate-stl-about-a-given-axis/7765/5?.))

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transform-about-axis/8423/4 "2021-11-16T22:10:34Z")

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Oh cool. I had forgotten about that. Thanks Ken.