Rotate Points (R)

ramapo99 · Post by **ramapo99** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:43 pm

...with this tool how can i fix the center?
i mean, with the Rotate Layer Z (R) i use the number 0... but with the Rotate Points?
thank you
paolo

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:24 pm

If you use the "standard" rotate tool... you can't set the center point of rotation on a group of points.

There are some "custom" tools that users of Moho have created available in the scripting forum that allow for setting the center of the rotation for a group of points.

However... the center point is not "settable" by a numeric value... at least I don't think so.

Plus... rotating points is actually... just a sophisticated translation of points.

If you rotate a layer, Moho is keeping track of ROTATION.
If you rotate points on a vector layer... all you are doing is TRANSLATING points to a new location that APPEARS to be rotated.

If you key framed point rotation as an animation... the points will not "spin" or "rotate" they will move in a straight line to the new location.

Sometime this will look like rotation.. but it isn't really.

-Vern

ramapo99 · Post by **ramapo99** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:12 am

thank you vern!