đ¨ Adobe Illustrator Rotate Tool – Expert Level Tutorial
đ§ Tool Overview (āĻুāϞ āĻĒāϰিāĻিāϤি)
Rotate Tool (R)
This tool is used to rotate objects around a fixed point. Illustrator-āĻ āϝāĻāύ āϤুāĻŽি āĻāĻāĻি shape āĻŦা object āϏিāϞেāĻ্āĻ āĻāϰো, āϤāĻāύ Rotate Tool āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰে āϏেāĻা āύিāϰ্āĻĻিāώ্āĻ āĻোāĻŖ (Angle) āĻ āĻোāϰাāύো āϝাā§।
Location:
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Toolbar → Rotate Tool icon (đ)
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Shortcut: R
đ Basic Usage (āĻŽৌāϞিāĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ)
Step 1: Select Object
Object āĻŦা shape āϏিāϞেāĻ্āĻ āĻāϰো āϝেāĻাāĻে rotate āĻāϰāϤে āĻাāĻ।
Step 2: Activate Rotate Tool
Press R from your keyboard āĻŦা Toolbar āĻĨেāĻে Rotate Tool āϏিāϞেāĻ্āĻ āĻāϰো।
Step 3: Manual Rotate
Mouse āĻĻিā§ে āϝেāĻোāύো āĻাā§āĻা āĻ্āϞিāĻ āĻāϰে āĻĄ্āϰ্āϝাāĻ āĻāϰো – object āĻুāϰে āϝাāĻŦে।
Step 4: Rotate with Angle
Rotate Tool āϏিāϞেāĻ্āĻ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻĒāϰ, artboard āĻ āĻ্āϞিāĻ āĻāϰো → āĻāĻāĻি Rotate Dialog Box āĻুāϞāĻŦে।
Rotate Dialog Box āĻ āĻĒāĻļāύāϏāĻŽূāĻš:
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Angle: Specify a rotation angle (e.g., 45°, -30°)
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Preview: Enable āĻāϰে changes āĻĻেāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰো
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Copy: Rotate āĻāϰে original object-āĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻি āĻāĻĒি āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰে
đ Example: Rotate 30° with Copy → Press R, Click → Enter “30°” → Click on Copy
đĄ Pro Tip: Custom Rotation Point (Anchor)
By default, rotation happens around the object’s center point. But āϤুāĻŽি āĻāĻ্āĻা āĻāϰāϞে āϝেāĻোāύো custom anchor point āϏেāĻ āĻāϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰো।
Process:
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Select object
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Select Rotate Tool (R)
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Hold Alt/Option and click on any point (āϝেāĻাāύে āϤুāĻŽি rotate āĻāϰāϤে āĻাāĻ)
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Rotate dialog box open āĻšāĻŦে → Angle āĻĻিā§ে Rotate āĻŦা Copy āĻāϰো
đ¯ Use Case: Clock hands, mandala art, radial pattern, gear design āĻāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি।
đ Practical Uses of Rotate Tool (āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰিāĻ āĻĒ্āϰā§োāĻ)
1. Radial Design / Circular Pattern
Step-by-step Example:
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Draw a line or shape
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Select Rotate Tool → Press Alt/Option → Click at center of rotation
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Enter angle (e.g. 30°) → Press Copy
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Press Ctrl+D (Command+D) repeatedly to repeat rotation
✅ Result: 360° circular design with equally spaced elements!
2. Clock Design
Hour/minute hands-āĻে center point āĻĨেāĻে rotate āĻāϰāϤে āĻāĻ āĻুāϞ āĻ āĻĒāϰিāĻšাāϰ্āϝ।
3. Flower / Mandala Art
āĻāĻāĻা āĻĒাāĻĒā§ি āĻŦা āĻ ংāĻļ āĻāĻĒি āĻāϰে āĻŦাāϰāĻŦাāϰ rotate āĻāϰে āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻĢুāϞেāϰ āĻāĻাāϰ āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰা āϝাā§।
4. Isometric Object Adjustments
Isometric āĻ্āϰিāĻĄে objects-āĻে āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻোāĻŖ āĻ āύুāϝাā§ী āĻোāϰাāϤে Rotate Tool āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻšā§।
đ¯ Expert Shortcuts & Tips
| Action | Shortcut / Method |
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| Activate Rotate Tool | R |
| Rotate with exact angle | R → Click → Enter angle → OK/Copy |
| Rotate + Copy | Alt + Click → Enter Angle → Copy |
| Repeat last transform | Ctrl + D / Cmd + D |
| Rotate around custom anchor | Alt + Click on the point |
| Access Transform Panel | Window > Transform (Shift + F8) |
đ Pro Level Tips
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Smart Guides (Ctrl + U): Custom anchor āĻিāĻš্āύিāϤ āĻāϰāϤে helpful।
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Group Before Rotate: āϝāĻĻি āĻāĻাāϧিāĻ object āĻāĻāϏাāĻĨে rotate āĻāϰāϤে āĻাāĻ, āĻāĻে group āĻāϰে āύাāĻ (Ctrl + G)।
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Global Rotation vs. Local Rotation: Mind the anchor point – rotation will behave differently।
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Combine with Reflect Tool: Rotate & Reflect āĻুāϞ āĻāĻāϏাāĻĨে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰে symmetric design āĻŦাāύাāύো āϝাā§।
đ§Ē Practice Task for Mastery
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Radial Flower: āĻāĻ āĻĒাāĻĒā§ি āĻŦাāύিā§ে 30° āĻāϰে rotate + copy āĻāϰে āĻĢুāϞ āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰো।
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Clock Design: āĻāĻ āĻā§িāϰ āĻĄাā§াāϞ āĻŦাāύিā§ে 12 āĻāύ্āĻাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ 30° āĻāϰে āĻāĻĒি āĻāϰো।
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Gear Design: Rotate Tool āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰে cogwheel-āĻāϰ teeth āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰো।
đ Summary (āϏাāϰাংāĻļ)
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Rotate Tool Illustrator-āĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻি powerful āĻুāϞ, āϝেāĻি shape/object-āĻে āĻোāϰাāϤে āĻāĻŦং creative design āĻŦাāύাāϤে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšā§।
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Manual rotate, fixed-angle rotate, custom anchor rotate, āĻāĻŦং copy with rotation – āĻāĻ āϏāĻŦāĻুāϞো skill āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻ্āϰাāĻĢিāĻ āĻĄিāĻাāĻāύাāϰেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻ āĻĒāϰিāĻšাāϰ্āϝ।
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Ctrl + D āĻāĻŦং Alt + Click āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻļāϰ্āĻāĻাāĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰāϞে āĻ āύেāĻ āĻĻ্āϰুāϤ āĻাāĻ āĻāϰা āϝাā§।


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