To make the distance really big, hold Alt and move the inner handle first towards the center, and then further in the same direction beyond the center.

Alt+ Drag the outer handle to lock the outer radius.Īlt+ Drag the inner handle to change the divergence (distance between the rolls).

⇧ Shift+ Drag the outer handle to scale and rotate the spiral.

Ctrl+ Drag the outer handle to roll/unroll spiral and snap angle.Here are the combination of keys to support the outer handle edits: The outer handle can edit the roll/unroll of the spiral, can snap angle, scale, rotate and lock the outer radius.

Dragging the handles lengthens and shortens the spiral. The Spiral Tool has two shape handles an outer (◇) handle and an inner (◇) handle. You can also Right-Click a numeric-value box for a pop-up menu of pre-set values. To reset the corner rounding use the Rectangle's Tool Controls bar, and click the 'make corners sharp' button, last item on the Tool Controls bar.įor help with the Rectangle and Circle's Tool Controls bar features, mouse-over 🖰 a button or numeric-value box for a pop-up message. Another option for rounding is to use the Rx and Ry numeric-value boxes on the Rectangle's Tool Controls bar. To make the corner rounding the same (even) Ctrl+ Drag one of the rounding handles (⭘), as the handle is moved from the corner the other rounding handle will move at the same ratio. Hold both ctrl and shift while dragging a square handle (☐) Ctrl+ ⇧ Shift+ Drag to draw a integer-ratio square or rectangle from its center. Hold shift while dragging a square handle (☐) ⇧ Shift+ Drag to draw a square/rectangle from the center out.

Hold ctrl while dragging one of the square handles (☐) Ctrl+ Drag to create a width to height integer-ratio square or rectangle (e.g. The two square handles (☐) control the size (width/height) and the two round handles (⭘) control corner rounding (Rx/Ry). The Rectangles and Squares tool has a total of four shape handles.

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