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Using Rotate and Scale

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Using Rotate and Scale

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- [Instructor] We're staying in the same drawing, our ModifyingObjects.dwg file, and I've left it in the same state as it was at the end of the previous video, where we did the moving and the copying of the desk, the chair, and the rubber plant to go into our offices there in our floor plan. Now what we're going to have a look at this time is rotate and scale. Now you'll notice, obviously, the chairs are facing the wrong way. They're not facing the desk, so we're going to use rotate to basically make sure that they're facing the right way. And there's two little methods that you can use there that I'm going to show you. We're also going to scale our rubber plant so it's half the size it is now. So we're going to zoom in on the left hand desk and chair. Get in nice and close so that you can see what you're doing. Now what we're going to do is we're going to click on the chair, and you'll notice that the grip for the block is exactly on the midpoint of the back of the chair. Click on…

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