1. GRIPS
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2. WHEN GRIPS ARE ENABLED, AND THE COMMAND LINE IS BLANK, SELECTING AN OBJECT WILL HIGHLIGHT IT AND DISPLAY (USUALLY BLUE) SQUARES AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS ON THE OBJECT. THESE SQUARES ARE CALLED GRIPS.

3. SELECTING A GRIP WILL ENABLE ACCESS TO CERTAIN MODIFY COMMANDS BY PRESSING THE RIGHT BUTTON ON THE MOUSE THEREFORE,GRIPS ARE ESSENTIALLY, A COMBINATION OF MODIFY TOOLS AT THE USERS’ FINGERTIPS.

4. IF THE OBJECT IS A POLYLINE, THE GRIPS WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE VERTICES. IF THE OBJECT IS A LINE OR AN ARC, THE ENDPOINTS AND MIDPOINT GRIP HANDLES WILL BE DISPLAYED. IF THE OBJECT IS A CIRCLE,

5. THE CENTER POINT AND QUADRANTS WILL BE DISPLAYED
THE CENTER POINT AND QUADRANTS WILL BE DISPLAYED. THE BLOCK INSERTION POINT OR ALL OF THE RELEVANT GRIPS WILL BE DISPLAYED WITHIN A BLOCK DEPENDING ON THE OPTION SELECTED IN THE GRIPS DIALOG BOX.

6. A GRIP CAN BE USED AS A SNAP POINT FOR A BASE POINT OR FOR A SECOND POINT OF DISPLACEMENT. TO CANCEL GRIPS, PRESS ESCAPE TWO TIMES.ONCE GRIP HAS BEEN SELECTED YOU WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING LIST OF COMMANDS

7. MOVE, MIRROR, ROTATE, SCALE, STRETCH,
COPY ( THIS OPTION CAN BE COMBINED WITH MOVE, MIRROR, ROTATE, SCALE ORSTRETCH. )

8. REFERENCE ( THIS OPTION CAN BE COMBINED WITH ROTATE OR SCALE. )
BASEPOINT ( THIS OPTION PERMITS USING A BASEPOINT OTHER THAN A SELECTED GRIP.
REFERENCE ( THIS OPTION CAN BE COMBINED WITH ROTATE OR SCALE. )

9. PROCEDURES WITH THE COMMAND LINE BLANK, SELECT AN OBJECT.
SELECT ONE OF THE GRIPS. IT WILL APPEAR SOLID WHEN SELECTED.
SELECT ONE OF THE COMMAND OPTIONS: MOVE, MIRROR, ROTATE, SCALE OR STRETCH

10. PULL DOWN MENU ( TOOLS/OPTIONS…/SELECTION TAB )
GRIPS DIALOG BOX
PULL DOWN MENU ( TOOLS/OPTIONS…/SELECTION TAB )
COMMAND ( OPTIONS )
ALIAS ( OP )

12. GRIPS MUST BE ENABLED, IN ORDER TO WORK
GRIPS MUST BE ENABLED, IN ORDER TO WORK. USE THE SELECTION TAB OF THE OPTIONS DIALOG BOX TO CONTROL GRIP SETTINGS. WHEN “ENABLE GRIPS WITHIN BLOCKS” IS SELECTED, ALL OF THE RELEVANT GRIPS WITHIN A SELECTED BLOCK WILL BE, RATHER THAN THE SINGLE INSERTION POINT.

13. UNSELECTED AND SELECTED GRIP COLORS CAN BE CHANGED BY PICKING A NEW COLOR FROM THE DROP DOWN LIST. THE GRIP SIZE MAY ALSO BE SELECTED BY SLIDING THE BOX TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT TO MAKE IT SMALLER OR LARGER

14. CONDITION OF GRIPS
GRIPS ARE CATEGORIZED AS BEING HOT, WARM, OR COLD DEPENDING ON THEIR USE.

15. HOT
A GRIP BECOMES HOT WHEN IT IS SELECTED WITH YOUR CURSOR.IT HAS A SOLID-FILLED COLOR AND IS THE BASE POINT UNLESS ANOTHER IS SPECIFIED.

16. WARM
A GRIP IS SAID TO BE WARM IF IT IS ON AN OBJECT IN THE CURRENT SELECTION SET THAT YOU HAVEN’T PICKED WITH THE CURSOR.

17. COLD
A GRIP IS SAID TO BE COLD IF IT IS ON AN OBJECT THAT IS NOT THE CURRENT SELECTION SET.