Rotate Office Symbols

You can rotate a symbol about its center with the symbol rotate handle. The rotate handle appears as a green circle to the right of the symbol. Dragging the rotate handle closer to the center of a symbol's range box causes the symbol to rotate at larger angles. Dragging the rotate handle further away from a symbol's center causes the symbol to rotate at smaller angles.

You can also rotate a symbol by the rotation angle. When you drag a symbol or align it to an element, you can press the left or right arrow keys. This rotates the symbol in 15 degree increments by default. Some symbols are designed to rotate at different increments.

In this lesson, you will rotate a symbol using the symbol's rotate handle. Then, you will rotate another symbol using the arrow keys on your keyboard. 

Click the Show Me   button on the SmartSketch Learning Center toolbar to view a demonstration of the tasks in this lesson.

1. In the Office Layout folder of the Symbol Explorer, drag another Chair (Standard1) symbol to the corner desk.
2. Using the symbol's rotate handle, rotate the chair to -135.00°.
3. Move the pointer over the center of the chair until the center drag handle appears, and drag the chair to the middle of  the Desk (Corner).
4. In the Symbol Explorer, open the Misc. folder and locate the PC.sym symbol.
5. Drag the symbol and drop it on the corner desk.
6. Using the symbol's rotate handle, rotate the PC symbol 45°.
7. In the Symbol Explorer, click the Back   arrow to display the contents of the Office Layout folder.

Note

• The Back arrow takes you backward to the previous location of the Symbol Explorer, either a web page or a directory path.

8. From the Office Layout folder, drag the Cabinet (Lateral).sym symbol onto the drawing sheet and drop it against the left wall beside the corner desk. 

The cabinet is automatically rotated and is aligned to the left wall.

9. From the Office Layout folder, drag the Bookcase.sym symbol to the center of the drawing sheet.
10. While dragging the symbol, use the left and right arrow keys to rotate the bookcase so that it fits against the bottom of the wall.