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SetRotation

Sets the rotation angle to the current drawing object.

Syntax

expression.SetRotation(rotAngle);

expression - A variable that represents a ApiDrawing class.

Parameters

NameRequired/OptionalData typeDefaultDescription
rotAngleRequirednumberNew drawing rotation angle.

Returns

boolean

Example

How to rotate a drawing object of the page.

// Rotate an object from a page.

const doc = Api.GetDocument();
const page = doc.GetPage(0);

const fill = Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(255, 111, 61));
const stroke = Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill());
const shape = Api.CreateShape("rect", 65 * 36000, 10 * 36000, fill, stroke);
shape.SetPosition(100000, 2500000);
shape.SetRotation(90);

const rotAngle = shape.GetRotation();
const docContent = shape.GetContent();
const paragraph = docContent.GetElement(0);
paragraph.AddText("Drawing rotation angle is set to: " + rotAngle + " degrees");
page.AddObject(shape);