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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Rotate/Resize About • Begin and end as close as possible to
the two objects you wish to locate.
Objects can be rotated or resized
about either their own centers or the 2. Select the edge that you want to move.
current CAD point. See “The Current Point” 3. Click the dimension value to open the
on page 294. Set Angular Dimension dialog.
• The Previous Value is indicated
degrees, minutes and seconds.

You can specify which behavior is used by
selecting Edit> Edit Behaviors> Rotate/
Resize About Current Point . When this
option is selected, objects rotate about the
current CAD point; when it is not selected,
object rotate about their centers. 4. Enter a value in the New Value field.
5. Select Rotate Edge to move the selected
The Rotate/Resize About behavior can also edge when OK is clicked or select
be specified in the Preferences dialog. See Rotate entire polyline to rotate the
“Behaviors Panel” on page 125.
entire object the selected edge is a part
of, maintaining the Previous Value of the
Entering Coordinates angle.
Objects can be rotated by entering 6. Click OK to apply the change.
coordinates or a distance and angle in the
Enter Coordinates dialog. See “Entering When an entire polyline is rotated using the
Coordinates” on page 174. Set Angular Dimension dialog, it rotates
around the vertex of the angle.
Using Angular Dimensions
Make Parallel/Perpendicular
Angular Dimensions are useful for with Polyline Based Objects
adjusting the angles of a variety of
objects with straight edges. See “Angular The Make Parallel/Perpendicular
Dimensions” on page 466. edit button usually adjusts the angle of
a selected polyline edge. See “Using Make
To change an angular dimension Parallel/Perpendicular” on page 255.
To rotate the entire polyline instead, double-
1. Draw an Angular Dimension
between the objects you want to move. click the Make Parallel edit button to
open the Make Parallel dialog.

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