Corda® Builder™ Shape Tools includes the following functions for manipulating shapes on the Project Canvas:
For introductory information about navigating the Shape Tools interface and using Shape Tools functions, see Using Shape Tools.
The Select an object button
is selected by default in Shape
Tools. It allows you to select an entire shape when you click the
shape in the Project Canvas. This
is equivalent to selecting a shape in the Object
List. Selecting an object in this way surrounds it with a rectangular
frame that includes resizing handles (small squares outlined in blue)
on the corners and sides.
There are two actions available with the Select an object function:
Click-and-drag the entire shape to re-position it within the Project Canvas. This is the action performed if the mouse pointer is placed anywhere on the shape other than the resizing handles.
Click-and-drag one of the resizing handles on the shape's frame to resize the object. The resizing handles on the sides of the shape's frame only allow resizing along one axis, either horizontal or vertical. The resizing handles on the corners allow resizing along both axes at once.
The Select a point button 
allows you to select a shape for the purpose of modifying
or distorting the shape. Selecting a shape in this way outlines it in
a frame that includes reshaping handles (small blue-outlined squares)
along the shape's border. When selected, a reshaping handle's outline
turns red.
There are two actions available with the Select a point function:
Click-and-drag the entire shape to re-position it within the Project Canvas. This is the action performed if the mouse pointer is placed anywhere on the shape other than the reshaping handles.
Click-and-drag one of the reshaping handles on the shape's frame to move that point only, thereby distorting the original shape in some way.
Note: When working with grouped multi-shape objects, including maps, the Select a point function lets you select a single shape within the object. This lets you manipulate individual shapes within the object without having to break the object apart.
Important: Curved shapes, such as Circles and Ellipses, provide secondary reshaping handles when you select a primary handle. These secondary handles are represented as solid blue squares connected to the primary reshaping handle by a blue line. Use the secondary handles for twisting and bending the shape.
The Polygon button 
includes a secondary menu with options for manipulating the
handles associated with a shape:
Remove a point:
Allows you to select a vertex (point) on a shape for the purpose of modifying
or distorting the shape. Selecting a shape in this way outlines it in
a frame that includes handles at each of the shape's points.
To remove a point, simply click it. Corda Builder deletes that point and connects the points on either side of the deleted point with a straight line.
Note: You cannot delete the anchor point (the first point defined) of Polygons or Polylines unless all other points are removed first.
Add a point:
Allows you to define a new handle at any location along the border of
a straight-line shape. Once added, the new handle can be used with both
the Select an object and Select a point tools to resize or modify/distort
the shape.
To add a point, simply click the shape border at the location where you want the new handle.
Note: The Add a point function is not currently available for curved shapes, such as Circles, Ellipses, and Rounded Rectangles.
The Rotate selected shapes button
allows you to manually rotate one or more shapes around
a rotation point that you define. Use the Select
an object function to select the shapes you want to rotate before
attempting to rotate them.
Two shapes, Rounded Rectangles and Lines, cannot be rotated by default. To rotate these shapes, you must convert these shapes to Polygons. However, once converted, the new polygons do not have any of the configuration options specific to Rounded Rectangle (corner radius) or Line (line ends such as arrows) shapes, so these characteristics are fixed and cannot be changed.
To rotate shapes
Select the shape(s) you want to rotate.
Click the Rotate selected shape
button .
Note: The Rotate selected shape button also includes a secondary menu of standard rotation operations: Rotate 90 degrees left, Rotate 90 degrees right, Horizontal flip and Vertical flip. When you select a rotation option from this secondary menu, shapes are rotated immediately. No further action is needed.
Left-click a point in the Project
Canvas to set the rotation point (identified by cross-hair symbol
). Click-and-drag a selected shape to rotate it around
the defined rotation point.
Alternatively, you can double-click the Rotate selected shape button to open the Rotate Tool, from which you can specify a specific number of degrees to rotate the shape. A positive number rotates the shape to the right. A negative number rotates the shape to the left.
The Copy shape colors to another shape
button 
lets you synchronize a shape's color characteristics
with one or more shapes. To copy a shape's fill to other shapes, complete
the following steps:
Select the shape(s) to which you want to copy color characteristics.
Click the Copy
shape colors to another shape button .
Click the model shape from which you want to copy color characteristics.
The shape's fill color is copied to the other shape(s).
For more information about setting shape colors, see Shape Fill and Color.