Nudge Rotate

This might seem a daft question, but is there a command that allows you to nudge rotate an item just as you do when you move an item with the arrow keys?

I have just tried to marry two halves of a scan and had to keep guessing the rotation value to line them up.

Or perhaps there is an easier way I haven't discovered yet!

Many Thanks in advance.

Dahzee

You can use the "Angle of Selection" on the Selector Tool's Infobar.

See attached image.

Soquili,

Thanks for the info, I have already tried inputting angles of rotation in the box and it gave me what I needed but it was a bit hit and miss.

I also tried drawing a line on each scan and snapping the end points together, then moving the rotation target to the snapped end points and then rotated.

This worked as I could see the two lines converging, so this seems the way to go.

The only thing I noticed was with the snap to objects selected the two line endpoints (not the ends I snapped together as my rotation point) weren't snapped over each other when the little magnet sign appears.

Dahzee

I see I forgot to point out the little arrows beside the angle input field.

Simply clicking on one of those will rotate the selected object by 1 degree.

Here's how I align to out of kilter scans.

Soquili,

Thanks for adding the info about the arrow, it's the little bits of info that can be the most useful.

Egg,

Thanks for the video, I forgot to mention that I too adjusted the transparency to line them up, it makes it so much easier.

With your prompt replies I was able to finish the job last night and everything worked out OK.

Another triumph using Xara and the power of the Forum

Dahzee