Rotating and Shearing by Dragging Control Points

1. Select the objects.
2. Click the Rotate tab in DesignCentral.

   The Stationary Point appears as a small white circle with a dot in it. Its position is determined by the point selected on the DesignCentral Reference grid.

3. To adjust the position of the Stationary Point, do one of the following:
   • Select a point on the DesignCentral Reference grid.
   • Hold Ctrl and drag the Stationary Point to any of the nine positions on the Reference grid.
   • Click and drag the Stationary Point to any desired position.

     

     1. Stationary Point

     2. Rotate Control Point

     3. Shear Control Point

     4. Reference Grid

4. Position the cursor on a Rotate or Shear control point.
5. Click and drag the desired control point.
   • Hold Ctrl and drag to create a copy of the original objects.
   • Hold Shift and drag to constrain the rotation or shear angle to the increment set in Preferences (default = 45 degrees).

     Ctrl and Shift can be used together to copy and constrain.