Translate Tool

description [HELP/TOOLS/translate_description.html]
creator: Shead Data Processing
version: 1.00
interface:

translate_ui1.gif (2228 bytes)

Distance X, Y, Z: Controls the distance that the selected points are offset along the axes.

Sensitivity: Controls the amount that each distance is incremented when you’re using the tool interactively.

OK: Closes the tool, with alterations intact..

Cancel: Closes the tool, canceling any alterations.

Set: Makes any alterations permanent, and leaves the tool open, ready for further use.

restrictions: None.
use:

To open the Translate tool, double-click on "Translate" in the Toolbox.

To interactively translate selected points, LMB Drag in any Camera View while Translate is the Current Tool. As you drag the mouse, any selected points will be translated along the two axes that aren’t Active. To translate selected points along the Active Axis, hold down either control-key while you LMB Drag. In either case as you drag the mouse, the polygons will move in increments set by Sensitivity.

Alternatively, you can translate points in specific amounts by entering values in the Distance X, Y, Z controls.

tips:

To animate an object’s position, use a Path object in your document.

 

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