Ok, here's where the problem was. In your step #3, in the SVG file, when you rotate -30 degrees, the arrow is pointing clockwise, which I thought was the positive direction.
Thanks for your help Mark.
I've written this and deleted it 3 times, but now I'll post it. This is way too complicated, and certainly nothing close to intuitive. I never, ever could have figured that out on my own (and almost didn't get it, even with help). And I consider myself to be a well-experienced, although just intermediate user.
There are 4 "secrets" to make this work -- none of which I could have guessed.
1 - object #1 must be placed on point #1 in the circle 2 - the circle, despite being a shape and not a path, has directionality 3 - the circle has to be rotated backwards, and possibly flipped, depending on the desired selection order 4 - objects have to be selected in a certain order
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From: Mark Crutch Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 6:39 AM To: Inkscape User Community Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] problem with Arrange?
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Brynn <brynn@...3089...> wrote:
I had rotated the circle by 30 degrees (+30). (and using Transform dialog, because when rotating a circle with Ctrl, I can't tell when a "step" has been made, so I don't know when to stop dragging
My #1 tip for using Inkscape applies here: keep an eye on the status bar.
But, even when I follow your steps, I get exactly the same result.
Your circle is rotated -30 degrees from the default. My instructions said to flip the circle, *then* rotate by -30 degrees, which gives a different result.
If you don't do the flip first, then you have to rotate (from the default) by +30 degrees, and ensure that you select the objects in an anti-clockwise order.
I've attached a step-by-step, based on the file you provided, which should hopefully clarify things a bit.
Mark
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