Free rotation

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Dimitri
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Free rotation

Post by Dimitri » Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:28 am

I wondered if there is also a function to freely rotate?
So you select a rotation point on an object and then select a second point with which you can rotate the object until you have a point on which you want to fix it. With a single line this is no problem. Only I can not yet discover how you do this with an entire object.
I'm using Qcad version 3.19.1
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Re: Free rotation

Post by andrew » Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:35 am

You can use F5/F6 to rotate the current selection or to rotate while pasting or inserting items:
http://qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/referen ... /RotateCCW
http://qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/referen ... c/RotateCW

You can also rotate "freely" using angles specified by mouse clicks as described in the manual at:
http://qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/referen ... doc/Rotate

Finally, Modify > Align Reference Points can be very useful in many such situations as well:
http://qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/referen ... encePoints

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Re: Free rotation

Post by Dimitri » Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:52 am

Hi Andrew
I am ashamed . I have never noticed the cursor button next to the commandline.
Thanx for help.

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Re: Free rotation

Post by Juergen » Fri Apr 10, 2020 11:15 am

Dimitri wrote:
Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:52 am
Hi Andrew
I am ashamed . I have never noticed the cursor button next to the commandline.
Thanx for help.
Same with me, although I HAVE noticed the button, but always regarded it as futile.
By the way: in the German reference manual the hint with the "mouse cursor instead of angle" is missing…
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Using: macOs Catalina, QCAD 3.24
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