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"Refference point" tool (InDesign term) could be used for flipping and rotating (with rotation handle) objects beside possitioning and resizing them.

 

Maybe a bug? -- Never mind what ref point is selected, the upper left is always white.

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The large square indicates the reference point used by the Rotation control on the Transform panel. The white square moves as you rotate the selection, either via the Transform panel or via the handles on the selection itself.

 

(Duplicate of this thread.)

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More logical is selected ref point to be white.

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  • 7 months later...

Don't know if this is the right place for my comment/question, but:
How do I rotate and repeat an object around a point in precise increments? I can't get a Transform box resembling the one on page 85 of the Workbook. 
In any case, I would like to "step-and-repeat the object around a point in precise increments without having to copy & paste then manually rotate. This process is not as precise as I would like when there are many repeats. And takes longer than it should.

Needless to say, there are ways to do this in Illustrator. I can approximate this in Designer by selecting the "make center visible" icon in the Transform menu, sliding the center mark to where I want it, copying and pasting the object and rotate it to the degree I wantRotate object around point..afdesign, then repeating the process again & again as needed. It just takes longer and not as accurate… at least in my case.

Is this another wish-list function like "skew"?

The attached file has been tweeked to even out some spaces and is almost accurate enough. The triangles were rotated 22 times. It would have helped if I could have entered 16.364° and the number of copies.

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Hmm … maybe you could adapt a Power Duplicate technique like this one for your purpose:

 

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/9472-text-on-a-path-anomaly/?p=40030

 

And don’t forget the mighty smart shapes, for instance, the Star Tool. These tools usually give faster and more precise results when you try to create shapes like the one in your document.

 

Hope that helps …  :)

Alex

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