Working With the About Point. Autodesk AUTOSKETCH 8

Working With the About Point

When you select an entity or group of entities, a diamond appears with the selection handles. This is the about point—that is the point about which

AutoSketch rotates the selection set. The default location of the about point varies with the entity you select. AutoSketch places the about point for most entity types in the center of the selection. The about point for text, markers, and symbols is their basepoint.

AutoSketch gives you the flexibility to move the about point to another location. For example, you can move the about point of a chair that faces a table to the center of the table. Rotating the chair, using the Leave Original option, creates another copy of the chair that is positioned facing the table.

Repeating the transformation creates another copy of the chair, at the specified rotation angle around the table. This method is faster than adding additional instances of the chair symbol and then moving and rotating them individually.

To change the location of the about point

1 Select the entity or group of entities, then right-click above the about point.

2 On the pop-up menu, click Move About Point.

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Chapter 22 Moving, Rotating, & Resizing Entities