Steps

• Click the Gumball pane in the status bar.

Object actions

• Drag gumball arrows to Move the object.
• Drag scale handles (squares) to Scale the object in one direction.
• Drag arcs to Rotate the object.
• Tap Alt after starting to drag to toggle copy mode.
• Press and hold Shift during Scale to force 3-D scale.
• Press and hold Shift during Scale to force 3-D scale.
• Press and holdCommand ⌘ during move, scale or rotate to Extrude a planar curve or surface.
• Click a control handle to enter numeric value.

Move, rotate, or scale objects

• Click and drag any gumball arrow, arc, or scale handle.

Copy during any operation

1. Click any gumball arrow, arc, or scale handle.
2. Start dragging the object.
3. Tap the Alt to toggle copy mode on.
4. Tap the Alt again to turn off copy mode.

Specify a distance, rotation angle, or scale factor

1. Click any gumball arrow, arc, or scale handle.
2. In the edit box, type a distance, rotation angle or scale factor that will be applied to the selected object.

Copy with numeric input

• Press and hold Alt and click any gumball arrow, arc, or scale handle.
  In the edit box, type a distance, rotation angle or scale factor that will be applied to a copy of the selected object.

Use distance and angle constraint

Normal Rhino distance and angle constraints can be used during a gumball operation.

1. Start dragging an object.
2. Type a number, and press Enter.
   This number appears on the command line and is used to constrain a distance or angle of rotation.
3. Drag the object.
   Distances are constrained along the axis arrow line.
   Angles are constrained in increments of the angle around the rotation arc.

Extrude a curve or surface

1. Click and drag any gumball arrow on a planar curve or surface.
2. Press and hold Command ⌘.
3. Release the mouse button.
   The result is an open extrusion. To create a solid, Cap the result.

To extrude a specific distance

1. Start dragging a planar curve or surface.
2. With the mouse button down, type a distance and press Enter.
   This number appears on the command line and will constrain the distance.
3. Press and hold Command ⌘ and release the mouse button.
   The result is an open extrusion. To create a solid, Cap the result.

To move, rotate, or scale the gumball widget controls freely

• Press and hold Command ⌘ and click and drag the gumball control to move, rotate, or scale the control freely.

To move rotate, or scale the gumball widget controls with numeric control

1. Press and hold Command ⌘ and click any gumball arrow, arc, or scale control.
2. In the edit box, type a distance, rotation angle or scale factor that will be applied to the gumball control.

Relocate Gumball

1. Press Command ⌘ and click the gumball widget (ignore the text field).
2. Release Command ⌘ and start dragging to relocate the gumball widget.

To access the status bar menu

• Right-click the Gumball pane in the status bar to access options.

To access the menu ball options

• Click the gumball widget menu ball.