: Illustrator: how to reproduce rotating object effect in array Could be this effect achieved using a menu command in Illustrator or the only way to produce this it's to rotate each element by

@Margaret771

Here's Neondude's answer w/ screen shots


select you object, go to Object->Transform->Transform Each, and move horizontal, in my sample I did 27 pt, then rotate -11.5 and press Copy.





press Ctrl+D 15 times to complete the top row

select all 16 items and go to Object->Transform->Transform Each, and move Vertical 32.2 pt, then rotate 11.5 and press Copy.





press Ctrl+D 15 times to complete all rows

select every other row

go to Object->Transform->Move, and move -4 pts

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@Sent7350415

Sorry, I was wrong with the blend tool.

Another way to do it is:


Select your vector object
Right click and choose Transform Each...
In the open window, go to the Move section and set Horizontal to a value. (I chose .5 in in my screenshot below)
Under rotate, enter the degree of rotation you want. (I chose 15 degrees)
Hit Copy. The window will close. To repeat the last action you did, hit CTRL+D on Windows or Command+D on a Mac.
Do that as many times as you want. (13 times for me)
After that, select the entire row and do Transform Each... again.
This time, swap the values for Horizontal and Vertical.
Hit copy and then CTRL+D again. (15 times for me)


Screenshot below:


I hope that helps!

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@Sherry646

One way to make multiple rotations is to duplicate


select the object you want to rotate
then right-click>transform>rotate
enter 'angle' and click copy(not ok)
Then press ctrl+D do the rotation multiple times.


This way you will have many objects rotated in the same place.

for moving the objects:


select the top object(of those multiple rotated copies)
right-click>transform>move
enter horizontal distance and click ok
Then press ctrl+D to repeat the transformation
repeat for each copy of the rotated object

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