# Changing rotational axis?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-rotational-axis/28107
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 10, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-rotational-axis/28107 "2003-08-10T05:39:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@rysolag](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rysolag)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-rotational-axis/28107/1 "2003-08-10T05:39:40Z")
I have a movie clip symbol( it’s just a square). I want to change the rotational axis in the actionscript. How can I do this??
Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-rotational-axis/28107/2 "2003-08-10T06:26:23Z")
I don’t think you can change the axis using actionscript. I think it’d havta be done manually…:-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-rotational-axis/28107/3 "2003-08-10T06:55:38Z")
What do you mean by ‘rotational axis’? Are you talking about the z? 3D stuff?
If you want to just rotate the square, you can using \_rotation like:
```auto
onClipEvent(load){
rot=5;
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
this._rotation = rot;
}
```
Yeah?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-rotational-axis/28107/4 "2003-08-10T07:00:44Z")
Yes, I know how to use the \_rotation property. But I want to periodically change the rotational axis and then rotate about that new axis… then change the rotational axis again, rotate some more, ect… get me?
Thanks