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  1. #1
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    Default Xara Outsider Tips

    February Edition of the Xara Outsider had the following tip:

    "Editing stars
    If you Ctrl drag one side of a Quickshape star then all the sides will move symmetrically. Ctrl+Shift dragging moves pairs of sides as mirror images. Give it a go! "

    I'm not sure what tool this means dragging with I thought probably the "Quickshape tool" but no matter what I seem to do, I can't get it to work.

    Am I doing something wrong .........
    Keith
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    Default Re: Xara Outsider Tips

    Looks like it's talking about using the QuickShape tool to drag the sides of a star shape after it's been drawn.

    Use the QuickShape to draw a star, leave the QuickShape selected. Then use the QuickShape tool to click and drag on the lines in the star.

    In order, the shapes are:

    Normal Star, LeftClick, Control+LeftClick, Shift+Control+LeftClick.

    Normally just the edge you pick (and the other mirrored edges) move. The control+click makes the two adjacent sides move at the same time (and the other mirrored edges), and the control+Shift+click makes both adjacent sides move, but mirrors the move so that you can make changes symetrically to both sides.
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  3. #3

    Default Re: Xara Outsider Tips

    That's correct.
    Here's another graphical view of what Odat has explained

    (I was playing and screen-shooting while Odat was replying )
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    Default Re: Xara Outsider Tips

    Ok, Got it, I was dragging the nodes. For some unknown reason I expected it to mirror the edits of the nodes. Now I know. I was doing something wrong! So what's new!

    Thank you Odat and Steve.
    Keith
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    Default Re: Xara Outsider Tips

    Keith be cautious when importing those shapes into Xara3D6. They can bite
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