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emily_vasquez1
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January 7, 2019
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How To Angle the Base of a Rectangle?

  • January 7, 2019
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Hello Everyone! I'm working on designing a drill in Illustrator following a tutorial and I'm a little confused. It says to, "Select the lower portion of the handle with the Direct Selection Tool and move the base to the right to shift the handle." And it seems to be angling and shifting the whole object. (See image below)

But when I do it, it looks like this: (It's not shifting/angling the entire object)

Can someone help me figure out what I'm doing wrong?

Thank you!!

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Correct answer rcraighead

Emily,

As long as both anchor points are "corner" points the line segment can be dragged, using the Direct Selection tool to move the segment AND the anchor points on either end.

If either anchor point is a "smooth" point, dragging the line segment will move the "Direction Points" that define the Line Segment.

It is helpful to understand the "anatomy" of a line segment in Illustrator and reference them by name.

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Kevin Stohlmeyer
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Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 7, 2019

When selecting your points with the direct select tool, hold the shift key down in order to select two points at the same time.

    rcraighead
    rcraighead
    Legend
    January 7, 2019

    That would work.

    It sounds like the tutorial is trying to teach the concept of direct selecting  the "line segment" not the points.

    To select both points I'd recommend dragging to select them both in one step using the Direct Select tool.

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      emily_vasquez1Author
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      January 7, 2019

      Thank you so much! This was so helpful and it worked! Appreciate the help everyone I was originally pulling from the anchor points, not from the middle!

        Jacob Bugge
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        Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        January 7, 2019

        Emily,

        Or Click (and then Drag) (somewhere on) the bottom path segment.

        rcraighead
        rcraigheadCorrect answer
        Legend
        January 7, 2019

        Emily,

        As long as both anchor points are "corner" points the line segment can be dragged, using the Direct Selection tool to move the segment AND the anchor points on either end.

        If either anchor point is a "smooth" point, dragging the line segment will move the "Direction Points" that define the Line Segment.

        It is helpful to understand the "anatomy" of a line segment in Illustrator and reference them by name.

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          SJRiegel
          Legend
          January 7, 2019

          Make sure that you are selecting both of the bottom points of the rectangle.

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