Preset rotation angles

Command

Path

Rotate

Modify

Context menu

The rotate commands provide a number of ways to rotate objects in the screen plane without changing their base location in the drawing. Select one of the preset rotation angles or specify a custom rotation angle.

To rotate at a specified angle:

Select the object to rotate.

Select the command, and then select one of the preset rotations.

Click to show/hide the parameters.Click to show/hide the parameters.

Command

Description

Shortcut

Rotate Left 90°

Rotates the selected object counter-clockwise 90° 

Ctrl+L (Windows)

Cmd+L (Mac)

Rotate Right 90°

Rotates the selected object clockwise 90°

Ctrl+Shift+R (Windows)

Cmd+Shift+R (Mac)

Rotate Each Left 90°
 

Rotates each selected object counter-clockwise 90° about its insertion point (or the center of its bounding box if no insertion point exists).

Grouped objects rotate individually.

Ctrl+Shift+/ (Windows)

Cmd+Shift+/ (Mac)

Rotate Each Right 90°

Rotates each selected object clockwise 90° about its insertion point (or the center of its bounding box if no insertion point exists).

Grouped objects rotate individually.

Ctrl+Shift+\ (Windows)

Cmd+Shift+\ (Mac)

Flip Horizontal

Flips the selected object horizontally about its center

Ctrl+Shift+H (Windows)

Cmd+Shift+H (Mac)

Flip Vertical

Flips the selected object vertically about its center

Ctrl+Shift+H (Windows)

Cmd+Shift+H (Mac)

Rotating objects

 

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