The Move Tool
The Move tool might be the easiest Edit tool to conceptualize—it moves Geometry through our 3D modeling environment! The Move tool has a couple of very important modifier keys as well—Ctrl to activate Copy (and Array) and Alt to activate Autofold. The Move tool is represented by four arrows pointing left, right, up, and down:
Figure 5.7: Move Tool Button
Note
Remember—even though we are changing our Geometry in 3D space, a specific axis/direction can always be locked using the arrow keys (to find Red, Green, and Blue cardinal directions) or by holding Shift to lock in the current inference.
The Move tool can be activated by doing the following:
- Clicking on any of the Move tool buttons
- Hitting M on the keyboard
The Move tool can move Geometry using two methods: Point-to-Point and Distance and Direction.
Geometry can be moved using the Point-to-Point method by doing the following:
- Activating...