2 Replies Latest reply: Nov 28, 2013 12:58 AM by Jacob Bugge RSS

    Default rotate to object group center not artboard center

    MooseDesign Community Member

      I'm sure this is mind-numbingly obvious and I am overlooking it, but when I go to use the rotate tool, the center point of the rotation is defaulting to the center of the artboard, not the selected group of objects. How do I change that to default to rotating on the selection center by default?

       

      Thanks in advance!

       

      Richard

       

      PS. This is Illustrator CC (17.0.2) on a Mac running 10.9, if that is relevant.

        • 1. Re: Default rotate to object group center not artboard center
          tman69 Community Member

          it is mind numbing--but NOT obvious--IF you use the 'transform pallette' the rotation occurs based on which point you have selected (center, upper left, lower left, etc--see capture1) if you use the menu from the menu bar at the top of the UI--the rotation is 'always' from the center of the group--see capture 2

           

          Capture1.JPG      Capture2.JPG

          • 2. Re: Default rotate to object group center not artboard center
            Jacob Bugge CommunityMVP

            rcbmoose,

             

            As I (mis)understand it (differently from tman), it sounds like a corruption or something (hopefully not a bug, which should have been detected earlier, I believe).

             

            Unless solved otherwise, you may try the following (you may have tried/done some of them already) and see whether it helps (the following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file; 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences):

             

            1) Close down Illy and open again;

            2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to 3 times);

             

            3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);

            4) Move the folder Other options (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible);

             

            5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);

             

            Even more seriously, you may:

             

            6) Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool (if you have CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6/CC), and reinstall.

             

            http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html