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When you select an object (click it), a box with white cubes and green balls appears around the object. This is the object's manipulator. The manipulator gives you area and handles for moving, resizing, and rotating objects. Drag the box to move an object, drag the white cubes to resize an object. or drag the green balls to rotate an object. When you select multiple objects, the last object selected has a manipulator; empty boxes with no handles appear around the other objects in the selection. Moving, resizing, and rotating affects all objects in the selection.
Click and drag a model's box to move it. Ctrl moves model perpendicular to side of box. Shift constrains motion in a single direction.
Click and drag white cubes. Shift-drag for nonuniform scaling. Ctrl-drag to uniformly scale about the opposite corner. Ctrl-Shift-drag to stretch about the opposite corner.
Click and drag green knobs. Movement is constrained by default. Shift-drag to unconstrain the rotation.
To move object center for rotation:
Ctrl-drag green knobs. This is a useful trick when animating jointed models where, for example, a foot should be rotated at the point to which it attaches to the leg, instead of at the foot's usual center of rotation.
To move, resize or rotate an object relative to another object:
Shift-click to select objects. The last object you select is the master selection--all previously selected objects are transformed relative to the master selection.
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