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Move Rotation/Pivot Point

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With PDF-XChange Editor version 7, is it possible to move an inserted shape's pivot point before rotating the shape? For example, if you inserted a rectangle shape into a pdf document that's open in PDF-XChange Editor7, then when it's selected it will show its pivot point in the middle of the rectangle. If you rotate the rectangle, all four corners rotate around the center pivot point. Could the pivot point be moved to, say, the rectangle's lower left corner so that when rotated, the corner where the pivot point has been moved to will remain fixed and the other three corners will rotate around it?
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Re: Move Rotation/Pivot Point

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Hello, HomeUser

I am afraid not, neither V7, nor the upcoming V10 release, offer the ability to move the pivot point. Even if we could, it would not be possible to save this information within the PDF, as the PDF specification does not have any definitions for modifying the pivot point of an object.

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Re: Move Rotation/Pivot Point

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Thanks for your speedy reply.
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Re: Move Rotation/Pivot Point

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To me, it seems like you can rotate a rectangle around a fixed corner by using the "Transform Selection" feature.

- Select the rectangle
- In the Commenting Tools/Arrange ribbon that now appears, click the Transform-icon
- In the "Transform Selection"-dialog-box:
-- select one of the four corners
-- introduce the desired rotation-angle
-- click OK.

The rotation happens counterclockwise.

Does this help?

Kind regards.
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Re: Move Rotation/Pivot Point

Post by Dimitar - Tracker Supp »

Thanks for the tips Willy.

This can really help.
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