v16.3 - Rotation Angles

[Acorn]

Dear Xara...

I appreciate the delivery of a persistent Rotation Angle for a Shape. Thank you.

I created a Blend between two similar Shapes at 180deg and 90deg with 88 Steps, expecting when I converted the Blend to Shapes and Ungrouped. Each of the 90 Shapes would have an integer rotation value. The original Shapes retained their values but the newly-minted interior Shapes all had a zero rotation angle.
This is inconsistent.

Feature Request - To be able to reset any Shape rotation angle to zero.

Acorn

[ss-kalm]

Feature Request - To be able to reset any Shape rotation angle to zero.

You can, just type "0" in the rotation angle box ...

[Acorn]

You can, just type "0" in the rotation angle box ...

Keith, you are missing the point. If you type 0, the Shape reverts to its creation angle, while I wish to reset to its current orientation but display as zero.

I need this option when I am aligning any number of rotated Shapes. I want then to be all at the one angle and not a mishmash.

If I Group the Shapes, Convert to Editable Shapes and Ungroup, I can achieve what I was after but this does not work for a single Shape and in any case is far too tedious.

Acorn

[ss-kalm]

Agreed ... Missed the point totally. However, what you requested was a little unclear. Now that you responded it is a lot clearer what you intended.

[handrawn]

the angle persistence is very useful

there is a quirk with quick shapes - rectangles are created at 0 rotation, elipses and polygons are not; I think this was always the case, but now with persistsence it is a potential nuisance

I see merit in having the option to reset the 0 angle - having the shape return to creation state at 0 is great, but so would be the option to sync shapes at a later stage

Whilst we are here, a long time ago I put in a request for the option to anchor the rotation point so that it could persist when no objects were selected, and when the file was closed and reopened

That would be very welcome too - as would nested rotation points, a basic form of rigging, but I realise that might sadly be more than the current code base allows [as with localised rotation of multiple selections]

[Acorn]

there is a quirk with quick shapes - rectangles are created at 0 rotation, elipses and polygons are not; I think this was always the case, but now with persistsence it is a potential nuisance

When I create an ellipse or polygon, I hold down the control key and rotate the Shape until it is sitting on zero.

Whilst we are here, a long time ago I put in a request for the option to anchor the rotation point so that it could persist when no objects were selected, and when the file was closed and reopened

That would be achievable if the Shape angle could be part of the Copy function, where we could then apply Paste > Paste angle (c.f., Paste size, Paste position, etc).

That would be very welcome too - as would nested rotation points, a basic form of rigging, but I realise that might sadly be more than the current code base allows [as with localised rotation of multiple selections]

It would be great to have a Group and scale and rotate the individual Shapes around their own centres and not the Group centre.

Acorn