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Snapping to Control Points: Trace

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Last updated: Aug 22, 2024
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Snapping to Control Points When You are Drawing/Moving Objects

Snapping to Control Points When You are Drawing/Moving Objects

  • Left-Click sets the Point under the Cursor.

  • Right-Click Snaps to the nearest Point.

  • Hold down the CTRL key to draw in Ortho Mode; i.e., Horizontally/Vertically only.

Control Points in Trace are displayed as colored Dots on the Segments that make up the Object. Beginning/End Points are Blue and Center Points are Green. These can be toggled on/off in the Options menu.

Moving these Control Points will change the shape of the element being moved.

Control Points in Trace

Control Points on Bounding Rectangle are displayed as darker dots on the corners of the Bounding Rectangle of the selected Object that can be used to edit the object.

Control Points in the Corners of the Bounding Rectangle in Trace

See: Bounding Rectangle Definition