The solution is just to rotate it again, except you have to remember how much it was rotated originally, to be able to rotate back to where it started. And in your request, you can't go back and un-rotate an object, unless that was the last thing you did (which would be just Undo). Of course the solution in my example would be to just flip that object again. It seems to me what you're asking for is something like that. (Iirc, I was told it would require massive memory.) But I still think it would be an interesting feature! Apparently it would be all but impossible to create such a feature. To me, it seems like that would be an awesome and very useful feature. So for example, you draw an object, rotate, then flip it, then edit some nodes, then draw another object, and do some more work, would it be possible to go back and undo the flip only. When I first started to learn Inkscape, I asked if it would be possible to undo something, even if it wasn't the last thing you did. So somewhere, one of us.or maybe both of us don't understand what the other is saying. And I say, Inkscape already does use zero for the original angle. Then you say, you want the orignal angle to be zero. Then I ask, how does Inkscape know what the original angle is. But then you say no, not zero, you want to know the original angle. Inkscape already does consider that the original angle is zero. I think I just don't understand what you're trying to explain.or maybe you don't understand me. And then measure every rotation relative to this angle. If you have also done other things (move, skew, resize.), it needs matrix maths to selectively reset rotation, but keep all other transformations (not sure if it's possible at all, as it's a summary of all transforms, as far as I understand).Р”В«rynn wrote:But still, how does Inkscape know what angle the object was created with?Р”В«ecause Inkscape could simply state that the creation angle = 0 degrees. If you have an object that actually has a transformation matrix, and all you've ever done with the object was to rotate it, and you delete the transformation matrix in the XML editor, you reset the rotation. There's a setting in the preferences that allows to keep the transformation matrix for paths (relative), or to save optimized paths (optimized for the length of text in the SVG source code), or to always save the new node positions (absolute) (Edit -> Preferences -> SVG-Output -> Path Data) for other objects (groups, circles, rectangles), (some) transformations can only ever be saved in a transformation matrix, as they require the object to have it's own coordinate system - and can't be indicated by just changing the position of a node, or corner coordinate, or center and radius. for paths, a transformation (rotation, scaling, skewing) can be saved in a transformation matrix OR just as the new node positions (so it's lost) There are different ways an object's transformation can be saved in Inkscape: I can come close using my eyes, probably like 0.5-1 degrees error margin, but I won't be able to get exactly back to 0 degrees just using my eyes when rotating.Р”Р„h well, maybe I should make my own addon to fix this, right? Perhaps it's time to sift through the xml.

I can't figure out how I could use the Transform > Rotate function to rotate the object back to it's original angle.

And you can't see the current angle either.

Also the Transform > Rotate function does the same, it adds/detracts whatever degree value you input but you can't set the final degrees you want the object to be at. Instead it just shows how many degrees you will be adding/detracting from the current angle (and that current angle is unknown). Right now we are not shown the current angle, we are only being shown how many degrees we rotate it, not the previous, current or resulting angle.Р”В«rynn, correct me if I'm wrong, but when you say that Inkscape shows the angle, it doesn't show the objects angle. Input 0 degrees and the object will be shown a 0 degrees (0 degrees being the original angle from when the object was created). Wow, why is it so complicated? I'm thinking this: Why doesn't Inkscape just remember the original angle, from object creation, as 0 degrees, and then always show the current angle relative to this original 0 degrees angle? It could be as simple as that.Р”Р„nd then it could even be a input box: input 5 degrees and the object is shown at 5 degrees.

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