# Rotation Center

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotation-center/19005>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 23, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotation-center/19005 "2003-04-23T13:23:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Detty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Detty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Detty)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotation-center/19005/1 "2003-04-23T13:23:55Z")

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Hi…  
well i have following Problem.  
I have a kind of infinite menu, but not vertical nor horizontal but like an arc.  
that would all be easy, but the problem is, that i haven’t a full circle of menu items, so the center, and so the rotation point is not at the coordinates I want to have.  
Is there a posibility to place the rotation point to a fix coordinate like in the free transform tool??

Would be nice if someone coud help me.

Thx in advance.

Detty

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotation-center/19005/2 "2003-04-23T13:33:36Z")

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I don’t know if this is the total solution, but perhaps look into a motion tween along a path. The path being the arc or half circle you refer to.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotation-center/19005/3 "2003-04-23T13:38:22Z")

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Not sure if I’ll be able to help, but if you post your FLA file, I’ll try and take a look at it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotation-center/19005/4 "2003-04-23T14:39:35Z")

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i don’t think that i would help to post the fla, because it’s only an test file for a further projekt…  
there are only a few black boxes…

i just want to know how to definte the rotation center with actions script.  
may be the explanation in my firt post was a little confusing. (-:

so…

if someone knows how to…

thx

Detty

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotation-center/19005/5 "2003-04-23T14:46:29Z")

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Search the forum (using the white search button) for  
“rotation point” there are a few threads that will answer your question.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotation-center/19005/6 "2003-04-23T15:19:21Z")

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may be this could help [http://moock.org/webdesign/lectures/ff2001sfMotion/](http://moock.org/webdesign/lectures/ff2001sfMotion/)  
look at chapter 5