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Rotating Shape Box for Polyline?

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 5:42 pm
by Todd Groves
I've looked in the manual for this. I found that I can adjust the "shape" of a Polyline with a Shape Box. But, what about rotating the Shape Box so I can rotate the mask as well? Is there a shortcut that allows me to rotate the Shape Box?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Rotating Shape Box for Polyline?

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 6:13 pm
by alan bovine
Selecting points on a mask (or using the box shape) mask then using the following hotkeys lets you

Shortcut "t" rotates around the current mouse position as pivot
Shortcut "x" scales the X axis of the selection around the current mouse position as pivot
Shortcut "y" scales the Y axis of the selection around the current mouse position as pivot

Also you can hit SHIFT-B to do box selection and do regular transformations and hold down SHIFT when selecting the corners/points on the shape box to change the box in perspective mode.

Re: Rotating Shape Box for Polyline?

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:08 pm
by Todd Groves
Thanks, Alan.

Re: Rotating Shape Box for Polyline?

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:17 pm
by Sander de Regt
Also you can hit SHIFT-B to do box selection and do regular transformations and hold down SHIFT when selecting the corners/points on the shape box to change the box in perspective mode.

I feel stupid now. I never knew this.

Thanks Alan.

Re: Rotating Shape Box for Polyline?

PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2018 9:07 am
by alan bovine
No wuckers Sander, Fusion is filled with these hidden gems. I'm finding new stuff all the time.

Re: Rotating Shape Box for Polyline?

PostPosted: Wed May 29, 2019 2:42 pm
by AlbanoBermejo
Sorry bringing this post back.
I needed to say thanks for this info XD

Re: Rotating Shape Box for Polyline?

PostPosted: Wed May 29, 2019 2:46 pm
by Bryan Ray
Also 's' to scale uniformly, and if you are using a B-Spline, 'w' to modify the weight of a selected point (make it blunter or pointier).

Re: Rotating Shape Box for Polyline?

PostPosted: Wed May 29, 2019 3:06 pm
by Todd Groves
Awesome. Thanks so much, Bryan. You're a treasure trove of information.

Re: Rotating Shape Box for Polyline?

PostPosted: Wed May 29, 2019 4:48 pm
by Joe Laffey
Don’t forget “O” (oh, not zero) to adjust the Outline or Offset of the spline. It moves the spline in and out perpendicular to the tangent... in other words, like a grow/exapand or dilate/erode.

Re: Rotating Shape Box for Polyline?

PostPosted: Wed May 29, 2019 6:11 pm
by Bryan Ray
Nice; I didn't know about that one! Thanks!

Re: Rotating Shape Box for Polyline?

PostPosted: Wed May 29, 2019 6:34 pm
by Joe Laffey
Comes in very handy for roto as you can apply it to a selection of points. To choke it in or out a little here or there.

Re: Rotating Shape Box for Polyline?

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2022 7:53 pm
by dedpnda
I did not realize you have to HOLD DOWN the buttons not just type them. I was getting angry not being able to do this. haha