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Rotate object

QElectroTech allows choosing the orientation from many object which are represented at the folio. The objects which orientation can be choosed are the following:

QElectroTech does not allow all orientations for the objects mentioned before, only 4 different orientations are possible: 0, 90, 180 and 270 degrees.

Note

QElectroTech only offers the posibility to rotate 90 degress on the clock direction.

  • To rotate 180 degrees the actions should be repited once.

  • To rotate 270 degrees the actions should be repited twice.

Note

Multiples objects can be rotated at the same time selecting multiples object

Rotating objects can be done from menu bar, toolbar, by right click on the object and using the corresponding keyboard shortcut.

Rotate object from menu bar

  1. Select the object which should be rotated.

  2. Select Edit > Rotate menu item to rotate the object.

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Figure: QElectroTech Edit menu

Rotate object from toolbar

  1. Select the object which should be rotated.

  2. Select the icon transform-rotate from toolbar to rotate the object.

Note

If the toolbar is not displayed, it can be displayed from Settings > Display > Tools.

Rotate object by right click

  1. Right click on the object which should be rotated.

  2. Select the option Rotate to delete the object.

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Figure: QElectroTech right click PopUP window

Rotate object using keyboard shortcut

QElectroTech allows using keyboard shortcut to increase the working efficiency.

  1. Select the object which should be rotated.

  2. Press Space to rotate the object.

See also

For more information about QElectroTech keyboard shortcuts, refer to menu bar section.