Inkscape 1.4
Choose the star tool - set five points
Drag the mouse - the star is there
But it is always slightly unintentionally rotated, because it is hard to control mouse movement while dragging
How to prevent this ?
Tried pressing Ctrl - without success - it just snaps the angle, but I don't want any angle
Also, how to remove all rotations from an already (multiple times) rotated star ?
I tried in Transform docker - Rotate tab - entering 0 value - doesn't work
By holding Ctrl you can snap it to 0°.
Important to note the angle is still affected at which angle you are dragging with the mouse when drawing the star
If it's a pre-drawn star, not converted to a path, you can try opening the xml editor -Shift+Ctrl+X-
to edit out any transformation present. It will probably remove any additional scaling/skewing/translation,
since they are usually merged into one transformation matrix with the rotation.
Other option would be rotating a pre-drawn shape manually, using snapping.
If object is converted to a path and the star has an even number of spokes it's much easier.
Drag a single horizontal/vertical guide line from the ruler and snap it to the object's rotational centre.
Then rotate object until a spoke snaps to said guide.
Needs some testing -works with paths. If star spoke is not snapping,
duplicate object -Ctrl+D-, convert to path -Ctrl+Shift+C- and rotate the two objects together as described.
For an odd number of spokes, snap a horizontal/vertical guide line and the object rotational centre to a spoke, rotate until another part snaps.
Preferably construct the rotational centre with another guide line, and snap the object rotational centre to said position.
By holding Ctrl you can snap it to 0°
No, it snaps but not not to 0 deg
the angle is still affected at which angle you are dragging
but the angle is never 0 deg whatever dragging angle is
It is a shape i.e. a five spokes star - not a path
Deleting transform item in xml editor removes all transformations, not jus rotations
I can get some close result using ruler guidelines, but never cannot be sure is it mathematically 0 degrees
Check Status Bar for "0" degree:
It shows 0 but it is not 0
What I am missing?
Maybe this, note the status bar:
Really don't know, what's it all about.
If you cannot replicate this, chances are your ctrl key is faulty on your keyboard.
Also there is a possibility you need to reset the star tool values so it's randomized value is at 0.
Guide lines are not necessary if "Rotation snaps to every" is a value that makes 360 divisible by 5 in Preferences (in this case).
Once drawn, you can also realign a star this way. Enable snapping to cusp nodes and rotation centers. Tyler's method with a vertical guide over center of rotation and rotating so that the upper apex matches with the guide is simplier, thus.
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Inkscape 1.4
Choose the star tool - set five points
Drag the mouse - the star is there
But it is always slightly unintentionally rotated, because it is hard to control mouse movement while dragging
How to prevent this ?
Tried pressing Ctrl - without success - it just snaps the angle, but I don't want any angle
Also, how to remove all rotations from an already (multiple times) rotated star ?
I tried in Transform docker - Rotate tab - entering 0 value - doesn't work
By holding Ctrl you can snap it to 0°.
Important to note the angle is still affected at which angle you are dragging with the mouse when drawing the star
If it's a pre-drawn star, not converted to a path, you can try opening the xml editor -Shift+Ctrl+X-
to edit out any transformation present. It will probably remove any additional scaling/skewing/translation,
since they are usually merged into one transformation matrix with the rotation.
Other option would be rotating a pre-drawn shape manually, using snapping.
If object is converted to a path and the star has an even number of spokes it's much easier.
Drag a single horizontal/vertical guide line from the ruler and snap it to the object's rotational centre.
Then rotate object until a spoke snaps to said guide.
Needs some testing -works with paths. If star spoke is not snapping,
duplicate object -Ctrl+D-, convert to path -Ctrl+Shift+C- and rotate the two objects together as described.
For an odd number of spokes, snap a horizontal/vertical guide line and the object rotational centre to a spoke, rotate until another part snaps.
Preferably construct the rotational centre with another guide line, and snap the object rotational centre to said position.
By holding Ctrl you can snap it to 0°
No, it snaps but not not to 0 deg
the angle is still affected at which angle you are dragging
but the angle is never 0 deg whatever dragging angle is
It is a shape i.e. a five spokes star - not a path
Deleting transform item in xml editor removes all transformations, not jus rotations
I can get some close result using ruler guidelines, but never cannot be sure is it mathematically 0 degrees
Check Status Bar for "0" degree:
It shows 0 but it is not 0
What I am missing?
Maybe this, note the status bar:
Really don't know, what's it all about.
If you cannot replicate this, chances are your ctrl key is faulty on your keyboard.
Also there is a possibility you need to reset the star tool values so it's randomized value is at 0.
Guide lines are not necessary if "Rotation snaps to every" is a value that makes 360 divisible by 5 in Preferences (in this case).
Once drawn, you can also realign a star this way. Enable snapping to cusp nodes and rotation centers. Tyler's method with a vertical guide over center of rotation and rotating so that the upper apex matches with the guide is simplier, thus.