Modifying Marker Shape and Position

You can modify the shape and the position of markers.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Marker Context Toolbars
Text Marker Context Toolbars
Creating Geometric Markers

Modify Geometric Markers

This task shows you how to modify the shape, position, and orientation of the geometric markers such as arrow, circle, rectangle, left right arrow.

  1. Select the marker.
  2. To modify the size, position, and orientation of the circle and rectangle marker, perform the following operations:

    Action
    Size of the marker Select the circumference of the circle and drag.



    Select the corner control point of the rectangle and drag.



    Position of the marker Select the center of the circle or rectangle and drag.





    Orientation of the marker Use the Robot to rotate the marker.



  3. To modify the shape, position, and orientation of the arrow and left-right arrow markers, perform the following operations:

    Action
    Shape, orientation, and position of the marker
    • Drag the first and last point handles to modify the length and orientation of the arrow.
    • Select the head handle to modify the arrow head.
    • Use the Robot to move and rotate the arrow.

    During manipulation using the first and last point handles, you can snap the arrow on its axis using either of the following ways:

    • By hovering over the axis.
    • By pressing Shift.

    If the Snap 3D Arrow (Shift toggle) check box is selected in the preferences, the arrow is always snapped to the axis. You can press Shift to freely manipulate the arrow.



Modify the Markers with Leaders

You can modify the size, shape, and position of the markers with leaders.

  1. Select a marker.
  2. To modify the shape and the position of the marker, perform the following operations:

    Action
    Size of the text box for text, label, and stamp markers. Select any of the corner point handles and drag.
    Position of the marker.
    • Select the marker and drag it.
    • Use the Robot to rotate the marker.
    Leader position Drag the extremity and break-point handles to position the leader as required.

    Note: When you resize a text marker, the category icons and emoticons are also resized if the marker does not contain text or if the text is hidden.