DragMode

Toolbar Menu

Drag Mode
Organic
Point Edit

Edit

Change Drag Mode

The DragMode command specifies the plane object dragging will be parallel to.

Command-line options

ControlPolygon

Allows dragging a curve/surface control point along the control polygons that connect to it.

Note

  • When dragging multiple control points, press Shift key to make all points move the same absolute amount instead of moving proportionally based on the length of each control polygon chord.

  • To track on extensions of the control polygon, track to the control polygon in the opposite direction a short distance, press the Tab key to lock the direction, and then drag out along the extension.

  • The ControlPolygon mode works with a single mesh/SubD control point. With multiple mesh/SubD control points selected, the one being directly dragged constrains the movement of the rest.

CPlane

Sets object dragging parallel to the construction plane.

UVN

Sets surface control point dragging to conform to the surface u, v, and normal directions.

View

Sets object dragging parallel to the view plane.

World

Sets object dragging parallel to the world xy plane.

Next

Sets object dragging to the next mode in the list.

DragStrength

Toolbar Menu Gumball widget menu

Gumball

Organic

Not on menus.

Drag Strength

The DragStrength command sets the amount of drag strength for Gumball and for dragging objects, including control points.

When the control is open the drag strength can be set numerically, or using the spinners or the slider. The spinners halve or double the drag strength per click. When the control is closed, drag strength is reset to 100%. However, the control remembers its setting within an editing session and will reset the drag strength when the control is reopened.

See also

Gumball

Display the gumball widget on a selected object facilitating move, scale, and rotate transformations around the gumball origin.

Use modeling aids

Edit objects using control points.

DragStrength