Move

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Move

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The Move command options control mouse operation for selecting and dragging.

Steps

Select objects.
Pick a point to move from.

Press Enter to use the bounding box center of the object.
Pick a point to move to.

Command-line options

Normal

Moves objects in the normal direction of the picked location1 on another object2.

1 The picked location will be the "from" point.

2 The object can be a curve, surface, polysurface, extrusion, or SubD.

Steps

Select the object to move.
Select the Normal command-line option.
Select an object and pick a location on the object.
Pick (with the mouse) or enter the distance.

Vertical

Moves objects perpendicular to the current construction plane.

SubCrv

Type subcrv to select part of a curve as input.

Move by Dragging

To move objects by dragging

Select and drag objects including control points.
You can use sub-object selection to select drag candidates.
While dragging, type a distance at the command prompt to constrain the drag distance.

Nudge

To move by nudging

Select and nudge objects including control points.
You can use sub-object selection to select nudge candidates.
As you nudge, the nudge distance and cumulative nudge distance displays on the command line. The cumulative distance resets when you change direction or undo.

To move objects small amounts

Hold Alt and press an Arrow key to move objects in the world x, y directions.
Hold Alt and press the PageUp / PageDn keys to move objects in the world z direction.

Set the distance that the objects move with nudge keys alone, with Ctrl(CMD) + Nudge key and with Shift + Nudge key in Modeling Aids Nudge.

Move

Steps

Normal

Steps

Vertical

SubCrv

Move by Dragging

To move objects by dragging

Nudge

To move by nudging

To move objects small amounts

See also

Gumball