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2.2.15.2 Using Degree's of Rotation

Rotate An Object Using Fixed or Specified Degree's of Rotation

A pop-up menu with additional menu items allows you to Rotate the selected object(s) through various predefined angles or through any angle you specify.

The Rotate command is executed as follows;

  1. Select the object(s) to be rotated.

  2. Click the Rotate button () to activate the Rotate function.

  3. With the mouse pointer hovering over the point about which the object(s) are to be rotated, Shift+Right-Click to raise the Rotate menu then select the desired degree and direction of rotation from the list of predefined angles (180°, 90° CW, 45° CW, 30° CW, 15° CW, 15° CCW, 30° CCW, 45° CCW, 90° CCW).


Alternately, any angle may be entered by Left-Clicking the Enter Angle... menu item

  1. Select the object(s) to be rotated.

  2. With the mouse pointer hovering over the point about which the object(s) are to be rotated, Shift+Right-Click to raise the Rotate menu and then select the Enter Angle... option.

And then entering a desired angle in the Rotate dialog window that appears.

Rotation can also be achieved through use of one of these alternate methods;

Left+Drag using the mouse. See Section 2.2.15.1 for detail.

Aligning the selected object with another object on the layout. See Section 2.2.15.3 for detail.