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Important Notes

■ Grips are not displayed on objects that are on locked layers.

■ When you select multiple objects that share coincident grips, you can edit

these objects using grip modes; however, any object- or grip-specific options

are not available.

Tips for Stretching with Grips

■ When you select more than one grip on an object to stretch it, the shape

of the object is kept intact between the selected grips. To select more than

one grip, press and hold the Shift key, and then select the appropriate

grips.

■ Grips on text, block references, midpoints of lines, centers of circles, and

point objects move the object rather than stretching it.

■ 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.

■ If you select a quadrant grip to stretch a circle or ellipse and then specify

a distance at the Command prompt for the new radius—rather than moving

the grip—this distance is measured from the center of the circle, not the

selected grip.

Limit the Display of Grips to Improve Performance

You can limit the maximum number of objects that display grips. For example,

when a drawing contains hatch objects or polylines with many grips, selecting

these objects can take a long time. 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.