Reshape

Click the Insert | Reshape command to move, add, and delete vertices within a selected polyline, spline polyline, polygon, or spline polygon. Polylines and polygons in broken apart metafiles can be edited with Reshape as well. All vertices in the selected object are shown with hollow squares and the lines are shown in red. Click on a vertex to select it. The selected vertex is indicated by a solid green square.

Entering the Reshape Mode

Use the Insert | Reshape command to enter reshape mode. Alternatively, select the polyline, spline polyline, polygon, or spline polygon, right-click and select Reshape. The cursor changes to , indicating you are in reshape mode. The Reshape command also remains highlighted to indicate you are in reshape mode. You can also right-click on the object in the Object Manager and select Reshape. While in reshape mode, you can click another object to select it and edit its vertices.

Exiting the Reshape Mode

To exit reshape mode press the ESC key on the keyboard, click another command or toolbar button, or click the Reshape command again.

Selecting Vertices

Left-click on a vertex to select it. The selected vertex is indicated by a solid green square.
To select the first vertex, press the HOME key. To select the last vertex, press the END key.
To shift the selected vertices forward by one position, press the TAB key. To shift the selected vertices backward by one position, hold the SHIFT key and press the TAB key.
To select multiple vertices, hold down the SHIFT key and left-click additional vertices or left-click and drag the cursor to make a rectangular block selection. Vertices can be added or removed from the block selected vertices by holding down the SHIFT key.
Hovering the mouse over an unselected vertex will display a grey highlight around the vertex indicating it may be selected or dragged.
The cursor will change to when it is over a vertex to indicate the vertex may be selected or dragged.
If you have multiple polyline or polygon objects in the plot window, you can edit multiple objects while in the reshape mode. Vertices can only be edited for the selected object. Click on another object to select it.

Moving Vertices

One vertex can be moved by clicking and dragging the selected vertex to the desired location. Multiple vertices can be moved by selecting the vertices, and then clicking and dragging one of the selected vertices. Press ESC while holding down the left mouse button to cancel the move. Pressing ESC while NOT dragging will exit reshape mode.

Deselecting Vertices

All vertices can be deselected by clicking in unused space. Click on another vertex to select it and deselect the currently selected vertex. A selected vertex can be deselected by holding down the SHIFT key and left-clicking the vertex.

Adding Vertices

Hold the CTRL key and the cursor changes to, indicating add vertex mode. Left-click where you want a new vertex added and a new node will be added to the closest point on the existing object.

Deleting Vertices

Select a vertex or multiple vertices with one of the methods outlined above. Press DELETE to remove the selected vertex or vertices, and the next vertex in the object is selected. You can hold DELETE to remove contiguous vertices as the selection moves through the object. Degenerate polygons (two-point polygons) can be created by removing vertices. Polylines, polygons, spline polylines, and spline polygons are deleted when there are fewer than two vertices.