Dilate Arrow Tool

Drag selected objects with this tool to dilate them—that is, to stretch or shrink them farther from or closer to a center point by any desired amount without changing their direction from the center or their shape.

The center point used for dilation is the point you marked most recently using the Mark Center command. If you haven’t marked a center point, Sketchpad automatically marks the point nearest to the center of the screen.

You can also mark a point as the center of dilation by double-clicking it with an Arrow tool.

You can use the Dilate Arrow tool to select and deselect objects, press action buttons, and construct points of intersection just like the other Selection Arrow tools.