Planar Movement Handles

Each of the planar movement handles constrains the drag operation such that the Graphical Selection moves only in the plane of the selected handle.

To initiate a planar drag, click the left mouse button over one of the planar movement handles. Moving the mouse drags the Graphical Selection constrained in the selected plane, in steps defined by the movement increment. Clicking the left mouse button again positions the Graphical Selection.

A triangle is displayed on the current constraint plane, between the original position of the handle and the current position. The relative movement distances are shown on the sides of the triangle. The current World position of the Model Editor Handle is displayed on the status bar. All values are shown in the current selected units.

The Model Editor Handle changes to a simple version of the full handle to show the plane of movement as shown below.

As the mouse moves over a planar handle the pointer symbol changes to the planar drag symbol.

Right-clicking on a Planar Handle displays a pop-up menu giving you options on how to re-position the selected element.

The options on the menu are the same as for the Linear Movement Handles.