Transform only selected nodes

[Tupaia]

Hello!
Could it be possible to transform only the selected nodes with this transform/bounding box?

Selecting nodes and switching to the Move tool only displays a bbox for the whole object, not the selection.

 

Thanks!

Best regards

Eugen

[Guest]

Hello Tupaia,

 

Use "Node tool" instead "Move tool".

 

Kind regards

[Tupaia]

What I mean is:

- pick a curve, select some nodes on it

- transform only these selected nodes, with a bounding/transform box.

That's not possible as of now, is it?

 

Best

Eugen

[Alfred]

You don’t get a bounding box, but you can click and drag on any of the selected nodes to transform them. Alternatively, you can use the controls in the Transform panel.

[Tupaia]

I can move them, yes. What about interactive rotate and scale, using the Centre?

 

 

[dominik]

13 minutes ago, Tupaia said:

What about interactive rotate and scale, using the Centre?

 

Rotate and scale work with the input fields in the Transform panel. To scale you would either enter a new value into the width or height box (or both) or you can do mathematical operations to (e.g. typing *50% after the value).

 

I admit this is not like visually dragging the selected nodes with the mouse but it all depends on what you want to accomplish 

 

d.

[Tupaia]

Yep!

Both interactive and numercial scale should be possible. Sometimes you want to work 'visually', sometimes precise.

Talking about the interactive part here.

 

Imagine a cartoon character's outline (or something). You want to select the nodes that make up the head and scale/rotate it around. Things like this for example...

[dominik]

Just now, Tupaia said:

Talking about the interactive part here.

 

OK, I understand. We are in the feature request section of the forum and I am sure someone at Serif will take a note about this 

 

d.

[Tupaia]

Was hoping for it! =)

Want to give me a like? 

Cheers

Eugen

[Tupaia]

Thank you!

[Tupaia]

One more:

Rotating the selected nodes numerically (or with the slider in the Transform Panel) rotates only the points, not their tangents!

So, that does not work properly. I'd classify it as a bug actually.

Best regards

Eugen

[Tupaia]

To conclude this - AD 1.7 will have this feature. Very nice!!

 

 

[noisyboyuk]

Hi!

I actually just created a post about this.

Does anyone know if this was ever implemented?

Cheers!

[Jellybit]

I also came here looking for this feature. It seems to be five years after it was implemented, but I can't seem to find any information about it at all. Did it actually happen? If not, I'll do some time travel communication. Hello person from five years after now. I hope it's now a feature for you to use, but if you're googling and have come across this forum post... it's not looking good, I'm sorry to say.

[Mike N]

On 10/13/2022 at 10:12 PM, Jellybit said:

I also came here looking for this feature. It seems to be five years after it was implemented, but I can't seem to find any information about it at all. Did it actually happen? If not, I'll do some time travel communication. Hello person from five years after now. I hope it's now a feature for you to use, but if you're googling and have come across this forum post... it's not looking good, I'm sorry to say.

Just in case someone else bumping into this. Feature was in fact implemented! It is hiding under "Transform:" section at context toolbar (under red magnet). Only shows up with node tool active

Here is a quick demo with "Transform mode" and "Enable transform origin" options enabled: