Scaling and Rotating

The move tool can establish a single anchor point and then scale and rotate the selection about that anchor point by a specified scale factor and rotation angle.

To scale/rotate a selection

1) Click the button on the Editing Toolbar (or Ctrl-Shift-H).

2) By pressing and holding down the left mouse button draw a selection window around the vertexes to be moved.

3) Repeat step 2 to select additional vertexes or click the right mouse button (or Esc key) to proceed to the next step.

4) Using the middle mouse button (or A key) establish one anchor points on or near the selection.

5) Press the R key on the keyboard.

6) In the scale window that appears enter a scale factor to be applied to the selection. For example, a scale factor of 2.0 would double the size of the selected entities. To keep the scale unchanged enter a value of "1.0".

7) In the rotation angle window that appears enter a rotation angle to be applied to the selection. This value should be specified in degrees where a positive value indicates a counter clockwise rotation. To leave the rotation angle unchanged enter a value of "0.0".

7) All selected vertexes and their corresponding entities will then be moved.

8) Continue to manipulate the current selection using other move techniques or click the right mouse button (or Esc key) when finished.

Notes:

•It is not necessary to specify a Current Feature or Current Layer before using this tool. The tool works on any layers that are, visible, locked, and selectable.

•To remove an anchor point before or after doing a move position the pointer over the anchor point and click the middle mouse button (or A key).

•The selection method described above moves vertexes only, not entire entities. So if a polyline has some vertexes inside the selection and some outside then the polyline segment that crosses the selection border may get stretched.

•For other similar techniques on using the Move tool see Moving Entities.

•Use any of the magnifying glass buttons to zoom in, zoom out, and pan while in the process of moving.

•Tool use instructions will also appear in the footer of the Think GIS window in the Instructional Bar.