Shearing with the Shear command
The shear command lets you shear an object by entering the shear angle and selecting the axis along which the object shears. If the object contains a pattern fill you can shear just the pattern, just the object, or both. You can also shear a copy of the selected object without changing the original.
To shear an object with the shear command: - Select the object.
- Do one of the following:
- To shear the object from its center, choose Object > Transform > Shear or double-click the Shear tool.
- To shear the object from a different reference point, select the Shear tool
and Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) where you want the reference point to be in the document window.
- In the Shear dialog box, enter a shear angle from -359 to 359. The shear angle is the amount of slant applied to the object in a clockwise direction and is relative to a line that's perpendicular to the shear axis.
- Select the axis along which to shear the object.
If you chose an angled axis, enter a value between -359 and 359, relative to the horizontal axis. - To preview the effect before you apply it, select Preview.
- If the object contains a pattern fill, do one of the following:
- To shear only the pattern, deselect Objects and select Patterns.
- To shear only the objects, select Objects and deselect Patterns.
- To shear the objects and the patterns, select both options.
- Do one of the following:
- To shear the object, click OK.
- To shear a copy of the object, click Copy.
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