Nope, no magic, Mark.
I extruded the pieces, and then rotated them. By the way (tip here), for more precision than dragging on the face of an extrude to rotate it, use the fields and the slider to the right of it, as shown below.
Now, be forewarned that Neil at Xara told me that the extrude engine is a port over from Xara 3D, and as such was actually meant for extruding text. The Rotate 1, 2 and 3 guys? They do not relate to conventional X, Y, and Z axes you use in modelers when extruding shapes. Text, yes, more or less, but not shapes. Your best bet when you want to do a Z axis rotate is not to use the Extrude tool at all, but spin the already extruded shape using the Selector tool.
The other thing about extruding shapes is that you can hide and restore the extrude part by toggling the button at top left when the tool is in use and a shape is selected.
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