Grip Editing
All objects have grips, the square blue symbols that appear in AutoCAD at significant points when objects are selected without issuing any command. Grips provide an alternative means of accessing a number of editing commands including stretch, move, rotate, scale, and mirror. Let's explore grip editing:
- If the file is not already open from performing the previous step, go to the book's web page, browse to Chapter 4, download the file Ch4-H.dwg (or Ch4-H-metric.dwg), and open it.
- In the President's Office, the president's chair is turned sideways in front of her desk. Click the chair to select it. A single blue grip appears on the ...
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