Nudge Rotate

[Dahzee]

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

[Soquili]

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

See attached image.

[Dahzee]

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

[Soquili]

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.

[Egg Bramhill]

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

[Dahzee]

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