Transformation Tools

The Copy in Place tool creates a copy of the selected path but does not allow you to move it. This is actually useful if you don’t want to accidentally shift the copy when using one of the other Transformation tools with the “Create Copy” option enabled. Why would you want to do this? Well, you might want to do something like change the Paint Attributes of the top copy to add what appears to be another paint layer on top of the original path. [Read More]

The Flip Across Axis tool is used to mirror a path across a custom axis. The path will be the mirror image of the original path reflected across the custom axis (the mirror). The initial touch selects the path to flip but this point does not need to be along the mirror. Drag your finger to another point and press the Mark Button This defines one end of the reflecting axis. [Read More]

The Flip Horizontal tool flips a path horizontally using the selected Snapping Point of the path as the pivot point. See also the Flip Vertically tool which works similarly but instead flips the selected path vertically. There is one construction option that can be set before construction begins. On the Transformations tab there’s a checkbox labeled “Create Copy” If this is enabled, a copy of the path will be created. The original path will not be affect in any way. [Read More]

The Flip Vertically tool flips a path vertically using the selected Snapping Point of the path as the pivot point. See also the Flip Horizontally tool which works similarly but instead flips the selected path horizontally. There is one construction option that can be set before construction begins. On the Transformations tab there’s a checkbox labeled “Create Copy” If this is enabled, a copy of the path will be created. The original path will not be affect in any way. [Read More]

The Move tool allows you to move a path around the page. It has four movement options free horizontal vertical along vector The first three allow you to relocate the path freely or only in a horizontal or vertical direction. To grab onto a path, you’ll need to touch one of its snapping points. These points vary from path type to path type. For Free Draw paths, you can touch anywhere. [Read More]

The Move Through Center tool is very similar to the Move tool except that it moves the path along a vector starting at the center of the path and defined by a second using the Mark Button You can achieve the same effect using the Move tool, but you’ll need to know where the center of the path is, select it, and then use the move-by-vector construction option. The Move Through Center tool is a convenience tool that simplifies this process. [Read More]

The Rotate tool allows you to rotate a path around its center point. There is one construction option: the step angle of rotation. This allows you to rotate the path freely or in discrete steps of ½°, 1°, 2°, 3°, 4°, 5°, 12°, or 15°. The angle of rotation is displayed in the middle of the page. Like the Move tool, you’ll need to grab the path on one of its Snapping Points which vary from path type to path type. [Read More]

The Rotate Around Any Point tool is similar to the Rotate tool except that instead of rotating the selected path around its center, it rotates it around any arbitrary point. Your initial touch is that pivot point. From this selected pivot point, drag your finger to the path to rotate and press the Mark Button You can restrict the axis of rotation using the Drag Constraint Button, and like the Rotate tool, you can freely rotate the path or rotate it in discrete steps of ½°, 1°, 2°, 3°, 4°, 5°, 12°, or 15°. [Read More]

The Rotate Around Any Point (Select Path First) tool is very similar to the Rotate Around Any Point tool except that instead of selecting the center of rotation first, you select the path first. The primary reason this tool exists is so that you can define an exact between the pivot point (the center of the rotation) and the the Snapping Point you selected on the path. Other than that, there is no difference between the two tools. [Read More]

The Scale tool lets you change the size of a path. The main construction option is which axis to scale it on: scale X/Y (stretches or compresses both width and height) scale X (stretches or compresses width only) scale Y (stretches or compresses height only) Simply grab one of the snapping points of a path (for example, one of the corners of a rectangle) and drag it. When scaling in both directions, the distance from the center point to the touched snapping point, defines scale 1. [Read More]