Mini-CAD: Move nodes

The "Move nodes" function allows the shape of an existing object (line, rectangle, circle, polygon, Bezier spline) to be altered. Activate the icon and click the object to be edited. The movable nodes on the selected object are displayed as small, black, square points. On a line, for example, these are the two end points and the defined polygon points in a polygon. If the mouse pointer is located above a node its pointer forms a cross and the point can be moved by holding the left mouse button.

If an existing node is right-clicked a dialog box displaying the coordinates of the clicked point opens. The object type is displayed in the blue dialog box title bar, together with the object's layer. The node coordinates can be edited in the dialog box by direct numerical input.

The number of the clicked polygon point is displayed in the title bar, as shown in the following dialog box:

A further option available for polygons is changing the polygon course using the "Insert" and "Delete" buttons. A polygon point is always inserted centrally between 2 existing polygon points.