: How to rotate and snap an object into a desired position? [Illustrator] so I'm working with Adobe Illustrator, and I'm trying to have a rectangle pass through the centre, and also snap to two

@Shelley591

you can eyeball it fairly accurately...


make a guide line along the long side of the purple rectangle's center (it might be easier to do it while it is horizontal)
group the guide line and the purple rectangle





select the purple rectangle group with the Selection Tool (V)
grab the Group Selection Tool (white arrow with the plus sign), click and Drag on Anchor (A) and drop it on top of Anchor (B)





grab the Rotate Tool (R), click on Anchor A (to set the Rotation point), then click and drag to rotate the purple rectangle, getting it close to the center...





zoom in real close...





and fine tune it





done.

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@Nimeshi706

Grab the Rotate tool. With the purple selected, click once at the center guides, then click-drag at the top corner of the purple rectangle to rotate it down to align with the rectangle.

Illustrator doesn't really offer any ability to "pivot" an object on a specified axis other than this. There's no internal way to "snap" to more than one point.

... and to be fair, I'm not entirely sure if "pass through the center" indicates motion or animation of some sort.

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