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Morph - or Affine TransformThe Morph Sheet provides a way to apply an affine transform to the selected graphic(s). This allows graphics to be scaled, stretched, moved, or rotated. This action may be undone. Morph is called from the Transform submenu found on the Tools menu of the Main menu. The command opens a sheet on the document window. You may then select desired transformation with the checkboxes and factors. The transform is performed by clicking the "Transform" button. Resizing may done interactively with use of the Interactive submenu. The level of on screen interaction for a graphic may be increased to provide additional on screen handles for interactive resizing.
Text is scaled by Stretching or changing Font Point Size . Both methods are available for normal text but Annotation may only be scaled by a change of font point size. Scalings are normally applied by holding the geometric center of each graphic constant. For text other reference points may be selected using the submenu found at the bottom of the Text scaling popup menu. Use this menu to change the normal reference point. This selection only applies to the scaling of text, any rotation is applied - before the scaling - relative to the geometric center of the text area. If a particular transform does not apply to any one selected graphics, that selection will be disabled. For example you can not rotate a rectangle, and a square (or any Equilateral Polygon) will only accept a uniform scaling. All three transforms may be performed together. There is little confusion as to order of operations since rotation is performed about the graphic's geometric center. A Bezier Curve or path will accept any transform or combination of transforms. Therefore any graphic may be transformed by first Converting to a Bezier Curve. |