Rotating Drawing Objects

There are two basic ways to rotate drawing objects 1) visually on-screen with the cursor or 2) in the Properties dialog for each object.

Rotating Objects On-Screen

Rotating objects on screen allows you rotate more than one object at a time. If your drawing has a house foundation drawn by a traverse to which you have drafted additional features like a porch or deck you will need to use this method to rotate these objects together.

From the Drawing View choose Edit | Rotate.

Left click the object(s) to rotate. You can also select the previous group of objects or window/cross the objects you want.

Right click the mouse or press Enter to tell the program you are finished selecting objects.

Left click the base pont about which you want to rotate the selected objects. You can also snap to a point.

TPC moves the cursor 1" to the right and draws a line from the base point to the cursor. This line indicates a rotation angle of zero.

Move the cursor up or down to change the rotation angle. The selected objects rotate on screen as you move the cursor.

Left click or snap to specify the rotation angle.

Survey lines can not be modified

TPC does not allow you to modify survey lines with commands like break, trim, or extend. You must modify the line in the traverse that created it.

Find Mode

Hold down the Shift key to toggle into fine mode while specifying the rotation angle. TPC reduces the cursor movement to one-tenth, giving you finer control of the rotation angle.

Ortho Mode

To rotate objects 90, 180 or 170 degrees, hold down the Ctrl key as you move the cursor to change the rotation angle. TPC will select the ortho direction closest to the current cursor position and rotate the objects to it. Be sure to left click and slect the rotation angle before releasing the Ctrl key.

Point Symbols and Blocks

Right click the symbol or block and choose Properties.
Enter the Rotation Angle and choose OK.

Text

Right click the symbol or block and choose Properties.
Enter the Angle or Bearing and choose OK. You can enter an equation for the bearing.

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