Computer Aided Pattern Design
by Don McCunn

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Rotating Lines

There are three ways to rotate lines: manually, using the Transform Panel, or the Rotate Menu. The ability to rotate lines is crucial to change the location of darts.

Rotate Manually

To rotate lines manually they first need to be Selected. Then move the cursor to the green circle and move it by the desired degree of rotation.

Rotate Manually To display the Transform Panel click the Transform icon on the right side of the working area. Within the Transform panel, select the Rotation tab.
Menu: Panel ► Transform
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The "Rotate To" option moves the green circle to a specific location. The "Rotate by" rotates the lines by a specific degree. Both rotations occur around the center of the lines. Both of these rotations can be specified by a custom number of degrees.

The third option is to use the menu "Object ► Rotate." This provides the options to rotate either clockwise or counter clockwise by a specific number of degrees. When the degrees are specified as a postitive value, the rotation will occur clockwise. When the degrees are specified as a negative value, the rotation will occur counter clockwise.

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