Rotation

[jackamus]

Is there a way to re-zero an object's position after rotating it?

[Alfred]

Draw a rectangle which completely covers the rotated object, select both objects and click on the ‘Intersect’ icon in the Geometry section of the main toolbar.

[jackamus]

The original object is a png image and when I draw a rectangle round it and select Intersect the original object disappears!

[carl123]

After you rotate the image Rasterising it will reset the rotation field to zero

[jackamus]

I've got nothing to rasterize because it disappeared!

[carl123]

Go back in the history and do it before it disappears

 

PS You don't need the rectangle doing it this way

[Alfred]

2 minutes ago, carl123 said:

PS You don't need the rectangle doing it this way

No, you only need the rectangle when dealing with a vector object which you want to keep as vector (which is what I rashly assumed Jack was asking about). If you’re dealing with a PNG image then it’s already raster and you don’t lose anything by rasterizing it again.

[jackamus]

3 minutes ago, carl123 said:

Go back in the history and do it before it disappears

 

PS You don't need the rectangle doing it this way

There was no need to select 'Intersect' I just select both and rotate to the new position.

[firstdefence]

Why not use the Transform Panel under the R: input.

[R C-R]

If the object has a rotation handle when selected,  just double-click on the circle at the end of the handle to reset its rotation to 0°. It should work for anything: groups, multiple selections, placed images, etc.

[jackamus]

That's what I was looking for! Thanks RC.

[toltec]

4 hours ago, R C-R said:

If the object has a rotation handle when selected,  just double-click on the circle at the end of the handle to reset its rotation to 0°. It should work for anything: groups, multiple selections, placed images, etc.

You can do the same thing on each corner.

Wait for the rotation pointer

and double click.