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# Rotator Component
Rotates nodes at a constant speed and can change their values dynamically creating interesting rotations.
## Usage
This node can rotate both parent and children nodes so as you'll see in the examples this allow us to create rotations between objects.
### Exported variables
* Rotation degrees per second
* active
* clockwise
The **rotation degrees per second** defines the the speed of rotation, the more angle the faster it will rotate.
The **active** checkbox disable or enable the rotation for this component on nodes that are directly affected by this component
**Clockwise** is the direction of the rotation by default, disable it to achieve a **counterclockwise**
## Basic constant rotation
This is the simplest way to use it and is useful for e.g. rotating fans in environment objects.
Basic constant rotation
## Orbital rotation
In the previous example if we add another RotatorComponent as child we can create an orbital rotation between the two objects:
