Translate and rotate a Solid

[johnthagen]

I am trying to create rotated rectangle via a Solid.

import math

import ezdxf

doc = ezdxf.new()
msp = doc.modelspace()

# Create a reference object to make visualizing the target object easier.
origin = msp.add_solid([(-1.0, -1.0), (-1.0, 1.0), (1.0, -1.0), (1.0, 1.0)])

# Define the dimensions of the solid.
vertices = [(-5.0, -5.0), (-5.0, 5.0), (5.0, -5.0), (5.0, 5.0)]
rotation = 45.0
center_x, center_y = (20.0, 20.0)

# Create the solid at the origin, then rotate and translate.
solid = msp.add_solid(vertices)
solid.rotate_x(math.radians(45.0))
solid.translate(dx=center_x, dy=center_y, dz=0.0)

doc.saveas("test.dxf")

Without rotation (comment out rotate_x() line, things look as expected:

But trying to rotate the Solid leads to unexpected output:

I would expect a solid rectangle rotated 45 degrees.

What is the proper way to do this?

[johnthagen]

I didn't understand the distinction between rotate_x, rotate_y and rotate_z. "Around the Z axis" is what I wanted, but hadn't been framing this correctly in my head.

Changing to rotation line to

solid.rotate_z(math.radians(45.0))

Produced the expected results