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Scale / Fixed position not proportional - yes I 've read instructions
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Since there is no functionality to casually scale from the centre of an object or group (except circles), I've been trying to make the 'Scale from fixed point' tool work (A frustrating extra step which interrupts work flow.)
Unfortunately it fails to work either.
I snap to the centre point of what ever it is, a shape, a group and try to drag it out proportionally, but no joy.
Holding shift just constrains the distortion vertically or horizontally.
Holding Alt does nothing. Shift+Alt nothing.
Beating my forehead against the keyboard just produces random results and scares colleagues.
The text snap cues have all disappeared also. As far as I can tell, they are on in the options settings, but I only get little symbols which I guess at.
I'm OK with that but I have a feeling this is all tied together as both a bug and a basic (bad) functionality.
Perhaps a Service pack will fix it.
The basic functionality however needs a serious overhaul.
I really really really think VW needs to take a cue from Adobe Illustrator and see how there object scaling functionality grips works. AI is extremely intuitive and is a joy to use with / Alt constraints.
Thanks for any help anyone might give.
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