Core Graphics Rotating a Path

Question

This should be a simple one, basically I have a few paths drawn with core graphics, and I want to be able to rotate them (for convenience). I've tried using CGContextRotateCTM(context); but it's not rotating anything. Am I missing something?

Here's the source for drawRect

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

CGContextSetLineWidth(context, 1.5);
CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, [UIColor whiteColor].CGColor);
CGContextSetShadow(context, CGSizeMake(0, 1), 0);

CGContextBeginPath(context);

CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 13.5, 13.5);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, 30.5, 13.5);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, 30.5, 30.5);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, 13.5, 30.5);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, 13.5, 13.5);

CGContextClosePath(context);

CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 26.2, 13.5);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, 26.2, 17.8);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, 30.5, 17.8);

CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 17.8, 13.5);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, 17.8, 17.8);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, 13.5, 17.8);

CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 13.5, 26.2);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, 17.8, 26.2);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, 17.8, 30.5);

CGContextStrokePath(context);

CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, [UIColor whiteColor].CGColor);
CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, CGSizeMake(0, 0), 0, [UIColor clearColor].CGColor);

CGContextFillRect(context, CGRectMake(26.2, 13.5, 4.3, 4.3));
CGContextFillRect(context, CGRectMake(13.5, 13.5, 4.3, 4.3));
CGContextFillRect(context, CGRectMake(13.5, 26.2, 4.3, 4.3));

CGContextRotateCTM(context, M_PI / 4);
}

Answer 1

Place this before drawing/filling your figure to translate to origin, rotate and then translate back to the point it should appear to rotate around:

static inline float radians(double degrees) { return degrees * M_PI / 180; }

CGContextTranslateCTM(c, midX, midY);
CGContextRotateCTM(c, radians(-73));
CGContextTranslateCTM(c, -midX, -midY);

Change the angle value passed to CGContextRotateCTM to make the figure point in another direction.