Operation Manual

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Working with objects
Working with objects is an essential part of creating drawings.
This section contains the following topics:
• “Selecting objects” (page 200)
• “Transforming objects” (page 203)
• “Copying, duplicating, and deleting objects” (page 206)
• “Creating objects from enclosed areas” (page 209)
• “Creating a boundary around selected objects” (page 209)
• “Using object coordinates to draw and modify objects” (page 210)
• “Copying object properties, transformations, and effects” (page 218)
• “Cloning objects” (page 219)
• “Positioning objects” (page 220)
• “Aligning and distributing objects” (page 222)
• “Applying object hinting” (page 225)
• “Snapping objects” (page 225)
• “Using dynamic guides” (page 228)
• “Using alignment guides” (page 232)
• “Changing the order of objects” (page 236)
• “Sizing and scaling objects” (page 237)
• “Rotating and mirroring objects” (page 238)
• “Using the Object Properties docker to modify objects” (page 240)
• “Splitting objects” (page 244)
• “Grouping objects” (page 241)
• “Combining objects” (page 243)
• “Locking objects” (page 246)
• “Finding and replacing objects” (page 246)
• “Hiding and displaying objects” (page 247)
• “Constraining objects” (page 248)
• “Inserting bar codes” (page 249)