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• D r a w i n g - Standard click and drag
drawing behavior is enabled.
• Resize/Reshape - Move allows you to
move the selected object when any edit
handle is used.
• Movement - Move mode allows you to
move objects at Allowed Angles.
• Rotation - In Move mode, objects snap
at Allowed Angles as they are rotated.

You can temporarily enable the Move Resize edit behavior
edit mode when another mode is active by
pressing Z or / while performing an edit or
drawing operation. To proportionally resize an object,
always drag a corner edit handle and
Resize not an edge handle.
The Resize edit behavior allows you • Movement - Resize allows you to move
to rescale an object. As you drag a an object orthogonal, or at a right angle,
corner edit handle of an object, you get an to any of its edges.
exactly scaled version of the original. For • Rotation - In Resize Mode, objects snap
example, you can resize an object to 50% of at Allowed Angles as they are rotated.
its original size while maintaining the same
proportions. When this mode is active, the You can temporarily enable the Resize
Resize icon displays near the mouse edit mode when another mode is active by
pointer. pressing X or the period key, or using the X2
button on a five-button mouse while
• D r a w i n g - Standard click and drag
drawing behavior is enabled. performing an edit or drawing operation. See
“Using the Mouse” on page 34.
• Resize/Reshape - Resize allows you to
keep the angle between adjacent edges Concentric
fixed when a corner handle is moved.
The Concentric mode allows you to
resize objects so that the distance
moved by each edge is the same. For
example, you can resize an irregularly
shaped polyline so that each edge is exactly
ten feet in from the original position, which
is useful for creating site plans with setbacks.
When this mode is active, the Concentric
icon displays near the mouse pointer.

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