Affinity Designer: How to Rotate around Custom Rotation Center

**Problem: **I’m using Affinity Designer and I’m trying to rotate an object around a custom rotation center I’ve set. However, whenever I use the rotation option under Transform, it turns the object in place, taking my custom rotation center with it. How do I get the object to rotate around the rotation center, not around its own center?

**Solution: **This is assuming you’ve already set the custom rotation center to the point of your choosing. To set the custom rotation center:

• Select the object you’d like to rotate
• Select the “Show rotation center” (looks like a target reticule) as shown below:
  The “show rotation center” option looks like a target reticule