how to move the center point of an object

[anameplease]

Hi,

i have an offcenter design which i want to reflect on a specific location

how do i move the center point of the object without moving the entire object?

greets

m

[Monika Gause]

You can only do that for symbols.

But when using one of the transform tools you can set the centre of transform:

Please read the documentation How to scale, shear, and distort objects in Illustrator

[cinziamarotta]

Select the object, select the transform tool, press ALT and click on the point that you want as center of transformation

[Chad Chelius · Accepted solution]

Select the object with the Selection tool. Now select the Reflect tool, click once to establish the transformation point, then reflect the object based on that point. As was said previously, you can also option / alt + click to establish the point of transformation and then enter the reflect values.

[david50B9]

doesn't work

[Monika Gause]

doesn't work

By @david50B9

Please show a screenshot and describe what you want to do, what you did step by step and then post exactly what doesn't work.