Plugin 02 · Essentials
Rotate & Flip
Native ROTATE and MIRROR treat a multi-object selection as one group turning about a shared base point. Rotate & Flip transforms every object where it sits (around its own insertion point, or its centre) with no base point to pick and no mirror line to draw.
4 commands · Rotate/Flip panel · AutoCAD 2025+ · perpetual licence
Overview
What it does
- Rotate 90° clockwise or counterclockwise; repeat to compound
- Flip horizontally or vertically, every object around its own pivot
- Attribute text stays upright and its justification swaps to the flipped side
- Dynamic blocks turn and flip through their own authored parameter
Run every command from the Rotate/Flip panel on the shared MD Plugins ribbon tab, from the right-click menu, or by typing it, with AutoCAD's own autocomplete icons.
In detail
How it earns its place.
One-click rotation, no base point
MDROTATECW and MDROTATECCW turn each selected object 90° about its own pivot: the insertion point for a block, the geometric centre for everything else. Runs compound, so four presses return to where you started. The angle is configurable.
A flip that doesn’t leave cleanup behind
Native MIRROR either renders attribute text backwards, or keeps it readable but strands it left-justified on what is now the wrong side. MDFLIPH mirrors the block, keeps the tag upright, and swaps its justification (Left to Right on a horizontal flip, Top to Bottom on a vertical one) in one command.
Dynamic blocks keep their own definition
If a block carries a rotation action, or a flip parameter renamed with an MDFlipH or MDFlipV token, the command drives that parameter instead of moving geometry underneath it. An action normally reachable only through a custom grip becomes something you can type.
Rotate & Flip
A direct download is not published yet. The plugin remains available on the Autodesk App Store.
$99 CAD one-time: perpetual licence, one machine, works offline.
See pricingInstalling
Install it in a minute
- 01
Close AutoCAD, run the installer
Its files are locked while AutoCAD is open, so close it first.
- 02
Trust the publisher, once
On first launch AutoCAD names MD Automation and asks whether to load it. Tick “Always trust applications from MD Automation”: every MD plugin loads silently afterwards.
- 03
Start the trial
Run
MDLICENSEMANAGER, open the Plugins tab, click Start trial. 15 days, no account, no payment.
AutoCAD 2025+ (64-bit Windows). Also on the Autodesk App Store: same build, published here the day it ships. All downloads.
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