The “Rotate” tool

We use the “Rotate” tool to move objects around their own axis, or rotate around each other and to copy objects.
Using the “Rotate” tool for copying, I discuss in the “Copy and Arrays” section.

Let us first look at how to rotate an object to another object.

As an example I have a bench and a garbage can. I have not drawn these, but I’ve extracted from the component library which we will see later.

The first thing you do is select the object (the bench) (1), around which we want to rotate the other object (the trash can).

Then select the “Rotate” tool in the “Modification” toolbar (2).
Then move your mouse pointer over the bench and then click for the first time (3), this determines the pivot point.
As you notice thel â??Rotateâ?? too behaves  like a magnet and will depend on where the cursor is currently located and takes the color of the axis on which it will base the rotation.

Then click again on the trash can (4) to determine the path
After this you can type any angle (Angle) and hit the Enter key.    

I do the latter in this case, but I move the mouse pointer to the position where I want to place the object, in this case the trash can.
When this has been achieved, then click again (5).

In the second example, we are going to rotate an object, in this case, the bench seat, around its own axis.

First, we select the bench.

Next we select the”Rotate” tool in the tool bar.
Place the cursor on the bench and when it is changes to the right direction, that is the plane, then click for the first time. The bench should must rotate on its own axis with its legs remaining on the ground. The latter is true for us always.

Then move the pointer to determine the path and click for a second time.

Move the mouse pointer until you’ve reached the correct position, and then click for the last time.

Result:

 

For your information:
If you want to rotate an object in the vertical position, move the mouse, or rather the protractor over the object, so that it is in the vertical position afterwards.
For the rest do the same thing.

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