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410 | Chapter 17 Change Existing Objects
To use grips, select a grip to act as the base point for the action. Then select
one of the grip modes. You can cycle through these modes by pressing
ENTER
or
SPACEBAR. You also can use shortcut keys or right-click to see all of the
modes and options.
You can use multiple grips as the base grips to keep the shape of the object
intact between the selected grips. Hold down SHIFT as you select the grips.
For quadrant grips on circles and ellipses, distance is measured from the
center point, not the selected grip. For example, in Stretch mode, you can
select a quadrant grip to stretch a circle and then specify a distance on the
command line for the new radius. The distance is measured from the center
of the circle, not the selected quadrant. If you select the center point to
stretch the circle, the circle moves.
When a 2D object lies on a plane other than the current UCS, the object is
stretched on the plane on which it was created, not on the plane of the
current UCS.
You can limit the display of grips on selected objects. The GRIPOBJLIMIT
system variable suppresses the display of grips when the initial selection set
includes more than the specified number of objects. If you add objects to the
current selection set, the limit does not apply. For example, if GRIPOBJLIMIT
is set to 20, you can select 15 objects and then add 25 objects to the selection
and all objects display grips.
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