User Guide

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Working with Objects
• The transform object tool and the rotate object tool perform their transformations in
relation to a fixed point on or around the object. This fixed point is called the point of
origin. The point of origin is wherever you click in the wireframe after selecting the
transform object tool or the rotate object tool.
Object rotated from a point of origin inside the object, and object rotated from a point
of origin outside the object
• You can undo all of the transformations that you applied to an object or group with the
transform object tool or rotate object tool. (You can only undo the transformations you
did with these two tools.)
Rotating objects
Rotating an object turns it around a fixed point that you specify with the rotate object tool.
To rotate an object or group:
1 Select a wireframe view: Top, Side, or Isometric.
2 Select the object or group you want to rotate. (See “Selecting objects” on page 30.)
3 Select the rotate object tool ().
4 Click once to set the point of origin around which you want to rotate the object. For
finer control, click inside or close to the object. A yellow circle appears around the point
of origin.
5 Drag the pointer towards the outside of the circle until a red line and a green line
appear.
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