Edit perspective groups

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You can edit perspective groups by moving and editing the objects in the group, and by adding objects.

You can move, rotate, and scale objects within a perspective group. Also, you can move an object in a perspective group from one plane to another to change its view. For example, you can place the object on the orthographic plane to remove the perspective, or you can move an object from the top plane to a side plane, and vice versa. You can also move objects from the orthographic plane to any available perspective plane.

The objects are moved from the orthogonal plane (left) to the left plane (right).

While you are in Edit mode, you can add existing objects, such as vector shapes, text and bitmaps, to the perspective group by moving them to a plane. Text added to perspective groups isn’t converted to curves, so you can edit and reformat it.

A rectangle, a text object, and a bitmap (left) were moved to the right plane (right) and are now included in the perspective group.

You can also shape and edit the objects in a perspective group by using the Shape tool. When you draw and edit objects in a perspective group, snapping to perspective lines (View Snap To Perspective Lines) is enabled by default. If you want to snap objects only to guidelines, you can disable snapping to perspective lines. For more information about using guidelines to help with object placement, see Set up guidelines.

You can move and scale proportionally perspective groups as you would any other groups. However, perspective groups can’t be resized nonproportionally, rotated, or skewed.

In addition, you can modify the appearance of the perspective field in each perspective group. For example, you can hide and show horizon and perspective lines, and you can customize the color of the lines and adjust their opacity. Adjusting the line color and opacity can help you focus on the objects you draw; conversely, it can make the lines and handles stand out so that you can adjust the perspective field more easily.

Depending on the drawing precision you want, you can adjust the density of the perspective field by adding or removing perspective lines.

The perspective field is customized by changing the color of the horizon line and viewport, and increasing the number and opacity of the perspective lines.

To edit a perspective group

 

To	Do the following
Select an object in the perspective group	Click the object using the Pick tool . Tip: You can also marquee-select the object.
Move an object along the plane it was drawn	Using the Pick tool, drag the object to a new position. The object maintains its perspective but is redrawn to reflect its new position in relation to the vanishing point. Tips: • You can also use the arrow keys to nudge the object. • You can specify x and y coordinates on the property bar.
Scale an object	Drag a corner handle. Tip: To resize the object non-proportionally, drag a middle handle.
Rotate an object	Click the object to display the rotation handles, and drag a rotation handle.
Move an object to another plane	Right-click the object, click Move to Plane, and then click one of the following commands: • Move to Orthogonal Plane — to place the object on a flat plane, removing the perspective • Move to Top Plane — to place the object on the top perspective plane • Move to Left Plane — to place the object on the left perspective plane • Move to Right Plane — to place the object on the right perspective plane • Move to Side Plane — to place the object on the side perspective plane Note: Only commands relevant for the selected object are displayed.
Add an object to the perspective group	Right-click the object, click Move to Plane, and click a command.

Perspective groups cannot be edited when Focus mode is activated. For more information about Focus mode, see Edit objects in Focus mode.

You can start editing a selected perspective group by clicking Object Perspective Edit Perspective Group.

You can also control-click a perspective group, and click Edit Perspective Group.

To reshape an object placed on a perspective plane

Some objects are drawn on a perspective plane (upper-left). When clicked with the Shape tool, the first object is temporarily placed on the orthographic plane (upper-right). The Shape tool is used to edit the shape (lower-left). When the Pick tool is selected, the edited object is automatically placed back on the perspective plane (lower-right).

To edit text placed on a perspective plane

To move or scale a perspective group

Perspective groups can’t be resized nonproportionally, rotated, or skewed. To apply any of these transformations to a perspective group, you must break it apart first. For more information, see Break perspective groups apart.

To modify the appearance of the perspective field

 

To	Do the following
Show or hide the camera lines	Click the Show camera lines button.
Show or hide the horizon lines	Click the Show horizon button .
Change the opacity of horizon lines	Move the Horizon opacity slider.
Change the color of horizon lines	Choose a color from the Horizon color picker.
Show or hide perspective lines	Click the Show perspective lines button .
Adjust the density of the perspective field	Move the Density slider to add or remove perspective lines.
Change the opacity of perspective lines	Move the Line opacity slider.
Change the color of perspective lines	Choose a color from the Line color picker.

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