Incremental Part Rotation in craft construction - what's the key combo?

[Logan.Darklighter]

I've been playing this game for about 2 years so this feels like a stupid question - but I've tried finding this and failed.

I know that in constructing a craft in the VAB/SPH that part rotation doesn't have to be perpendicular. There's a way to rotate/angle a part at an incremental angle and not always at a "right angle" to the part(s) you're attaching to. Heck - I've SEEN HOC Gaming and Scott Manley DO this in their vids! But for the life of me, I can't find the keyboard combo that does it. I feel like an idiot. Help?

Edited November 4, 2013 by Logan.Darklighter

[capi3101]

You know the regular rotation keys are WASDQE, right? Hold down <Shift> as you're doing it.

For reference: http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Controls

X and Shift-X can be particularly handy to know.

Edited November 4, 2013 by capi3101

[Logan.Darklighter]

Thanks. With your help I figured out the problem. Has to do with the fact that I use a custom keyboard layout. On all games I play, I prefer to map movement keys to the numberpad on the right hand side of the keyboard. This works fine normally. But when I tried using shift with those keys, it just rotated the camera view in the SPH/VAB. So I remapped to standard WASD config and the shift key works as advertised. I think what I can also do is set the keys in the config with alternate settings so that I can use both methods. And remember to use the WASD + Shift for the fine rotation. Thanks!