rotate multiple objects on their own central axis

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July 26, 2010
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Trying to rotate multiple objects all on their own central axis at the same time,

a big time saver would be to be able to select them all, then choose rotate tool and option to rotate on own axis, so instead of all the objects rotating around one central point, they all rotate on their own central axis... big time saver for me if this is possible,, its very useful for me with things like,twigs, leaves, grass, many other shapes where I want to angel them all in another direction but only swivel on their axis not around one pivot axis...

Correct answer

Command-option-shift-D

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Aryo Widhi33572250sqrz

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can i transform each objects on adobe illustrator for ipad?

Monika Gause

Community Expert

@Aryo Widhi33572250sqrz schrieb:

can i transform each objects on adobe illustrator for ipad?

No, you can't.

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mjh795932

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This does the same thing as selecting all objects and going to the properties panel and rotating them there. Rotates all objects by their collective centre point instead of each objects own centre point. I feel like I'm missing something here.

Conrad_C

Community Expert

mjh795932 wrote
This does the same thing as selecting all objects and going to the properties panel and rotating them there. Rotates all objects by their collective centre point instead of each objects own centre point. I feel like I'm missing something here.

It should not do the same thing. For clarity, the full answer isn't just the keyboard shortcut, but the command it refers to on Mac and Windows, which is Object > Transform > Transform Each. So the first thing to check is that you're actually in the Transform Each dialog box. If you're editing transformations inside that dialog box, you should see the transformations happening around each object's own reference point, not the group's.

In the Transform Each dialog box, one of the things that really helps is to turn on the Preview check box, so you can see the transformations happen to each object individually, as you edit them.