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Selecting and moving nodes

You can select individual, multiple, or all of the object’s nodes. Selecting multiple nodes lets you shape different parts of an object simultaneously. You can marquee select nodes by enclosing them with a rectangular marquee box, or by enclosing them with an irregularly shaped marquee box. Freehand marquee selection is useful when you want to select specific nodes in complex curves.

When a node is selected on curved segments, control handles are displayed. You can adjust the shape of the curved segments by moving the nodes and control handles.

Usually, a control handle is displayed as a solid blue arrowhead (left). When a control handle overlaps with a node, it is displayed as an unfilled blue arrowhead beside the node (right).

The Shape tool is the standard tool for moving nodes. You can also set an option to use the Pick and Bézier tools for selecting and moving nodes.

To select a node Back to Top

 

On the property bar, choose Rectangular from the Selection mode list box, and drag around the nodes that you want to select.
On the property bar, choose Freehand from the Selection mode list box, and drag around the nodes you want to select.
Hold down Shift, and click each node.
Click Edit Select all Nodes.
Press Home or End.
Press Tab or Shift + Tab.
Hold down Shift, and click a selected node.
Hold down Shift, and click each selected node.

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You can also select a node by using the Pick , Freehand , Bézier , or Polyline tool. To do this, first click Tools Options. In the Workspace list of categories, click Display, and enable the Enable node tracking check box. Click a curve object, move the pointer over a node until the tool’s shape state cursor appears, and click the node. Note that when the Enable node tracking check box is enabled, you can no longer select and move an object by clicking and dragging any of its nodes.

To select all nodes on a selected curve, double-click the Shape tool.

To move a node Back to Top

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You can also move a node by using the Pick , Freehand , Bézier , or Polyline tool. To do this, first click Tools Options. In the Workspace list of categories, click Display, and make sure that the Enable node tracking check box is enabled. Click a curve object, move the pointer over a node until the tool’s shape state cursor appears, and drag the node.


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