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I'm trying to create a 45 degree angle on a specific sized rectangle. However, when I rotate my end vertices, the size of the rectangle also changes.

How can I rotate without changing the size of my object?

The object on the left is what I am trying to acomplish. The object on the right is what happens if I rotate the two vertices to a 45 degree angle.

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  • $\begingroup$ Hi, welcome. I can't understand what you mean, can you show a picture, a drawing or else to help us understanding what you need? $\endgroup$ – m.ardito Dec 4 '16 at 20:01
  • $\begingroup$ sorry, Is not clear $\endgroup$ – yhoyo Dec 4 '16 at 20:14
  • $\begingroup$ Sorry, I basically want to angle an end of a rectangle 45 degrees. But when I use the rotate ( R ) tool, with my selected vertices, the rotation makes the end smaller. I don't want my size to change, just the angle of the end of the rectangle. Hope that helps. $\endgroup$ – Pendle S Dec 4 '16 at 20:14
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    $\begingroup$ Use the shear tool. $\endgroup$ – sambler Dec 5 '16 at 3:50
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You obviously can't use rotate on vertex, since what you want to achieve is not rotation, it's closer to a cut.

Either use Knife Project with a secondary object. Create a plane, rotate it 45ยบ and place it where desired. With still selected, enter Edit Mode in your rectangle and use Knife Project

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If you rectangle as known dimensions you can simply move one vertex horizontally the same distance as its height.

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    $\begingroup$ You might just hit K in edit mode, snap the cursor to one corner, klick once, press C to activate snap to angles and click again at the edge of the rectangle in an 45° angle. Angle snap will help to get the exact spot and no temporary geometry is needed. You need to view it straight from above to make it work as intended. $\endgroup$ – Cebbi Dec 5 '16 at 12:23
  • $\begingroup$ @Cebbi I tried had tried with the Knife but didn't know about that Angle Snap feature. C key did it, that is awesome! Should post that as a new answer bellow. $\endgroup$ – Duarte Farrajota Ramos♦ Dec 5 '16 at 17:18
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Use the knife tool K and press C to activate angle snapping.

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The command you are looking for is called SHEAR. Select the vertices you want to rotate and press Space and type in "shear" (or ShiftCtrlAltS at the same time)

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  • $\begingroup$ Wow, this should be marked as answer, so instinctive except the name "shear". $\endgroup$ – Tokenyet Oct 25 '18 at 15:46
  • $\begingroup$ Nevermind, this method is not as useful as I thought, but maybe It's 2.8 alpha's problem. $\endgroup$ – Tokenyet Oct 25 '18 at 15:55

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