move anchor points in opposite direction relative to the object’s center point
For years I have been hankering for a way to work with anchor points the same way as the width tool works or the option/alt modifier key works when resizing a shape with the selection tool.
When two anchor points are selected I want to be able to move those points in opposite directions. Either attract or repel.
Imagine there is a straight line between the two selected anchor points, when one of the points is moved away from the other point (pressing the modifier key) the point that is selected but not dragged should move in the opposite direction.
Johan
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This is possible with Smart Guides and Scale tool, like it’s described in the comments.
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Here’s the image in case links stop working
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Johan
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That looks exactly like what I want, but I can't mimic that gif. I've turned on transform tools under preferences/smart guides and I have smart guides ON. I'm using the direct selection tool to select two anchor points, what else do I need to do, because I'm not seeing the same behaviour.
@egor-chistyakov -
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You can do it like this:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/0puyonqo2t07v9l/point_scale.gif
This requires Smart Guides on (with Transform Tools option turned on in Preferences) -
Johan
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Oh, never mind. I get ***. This is possible using the scale tool. Great, thanks!
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Johan
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Oh, cool! so, what is the title of this ER so that I can upvote it?
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Johan, unfortunately, you can't edit your messages or attach files in comments. So you'll have to upload it somewhere else and post link.
But.
What you ask is already there:
https://i.imgur.com/O0nXCVd.gif
Scale tool + Smart guides -
Johan
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so how do you edit your bugs?
anyway, would like to add another image -
Johan
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For years I have been hankering for a way to work with anchor points the same way as the width tool works with the option/alt modifier key pressed when resizing a shape with the selection tool.
When two anchor points are selected I want to be able to move those points in opposite directions. Either attract or repel.
Imagine there is a straight line between the two selected anchor points, when one of the points is moved away from the other point (pressing the modifier key) the point that is selected but not dragged should move in the opposite direction. See video
