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The Mold Tool 329

The Mold Tool

The Mold tool

The MOLD Tool is used to distort shapes. It is used for both perspectivizing (that
is, rotating in three dimensions) and enveloping (like distorting a rubber sheet).

Mold tool InfoBar

Mesh
Remove mold
Detach mold
Rotate mold
Copy mold
Enveloping
Paste envelope mold
Perspectivizing
Paste perspective mold
The InfoBar contains two sets of preset mold shapes. Just click a button to apply the
preset mold. The left-hand button in each group is the default "no distortion" mold which
you can then manually edit after applying it.

Perspective

The MOLDTOOL lets you perspectivize shapes to
give an impression of depth.

You can perspectivize all types of objects
including text and bitmaps. Note that bitmaps
lose perspective if you later blend them or
convert them to editable shapes.

1. Select the object or objects.
2. Select the MOLDTOOL (shortcut "Shift + F6").
3. Choose one of the perspective options:

The right-hand button (paste perspective) is described later.