# Rotate model around specific point
**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/rotate-model-around-specific-point/16846
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** transforms
**Created:** [March 30, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/rotate-model-around-specific-point/16846 "2021-03-30T11:52:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Mik](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Mik)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/rotate-model-around-specific-point/16846/1 "2021-03-30T11:52:02Z")
What is the easiest way to rotate model around specific point or a new origin?
The model of table top by default rotates around origin (0, 0, 0). I want to simulate the pitch and roll angles of the table top around specific point or ball joint with coordinates (Itx, Ity, Itz). Usually that means that i must translate models into new origin, than rotate models, and translate them back.
Should i use only hierarchy of transforms, or is there another way?
Here is a sketch of the issue, default coordinate system and origin XtYt (black arrows), new system is Xt’Yt’ (red arrows).
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### Author:  [@manjula](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/manjula)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/rotate-model-around-specific-point/16846/2 "2021-03-30T12:20:16Z")
Maybe this is what you looking for ?
[https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/ScriptRepository#Rotate\_a\_node\_around\_a\_specified\_point](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/ScriptRepository#Rotate_a_node_around_a_specified_point)
And video made by Prof Lasso
[https://1drv.ms/v/s!Arm\_AFxB9yqHucN9pd6edw1a1cgxbg?e=x5SJOd](https://1drv.ms/v/s!Arm_AFxB9yqHucN9pd6edw1a1cgxbg?e=x5SJOd)
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### Author:  [@Mik](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Mik)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/rotate-model-around-specific-point/16846/3 "2021-03-30T12:35:06Z")
Thank you, that is enough.