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There are 3 different ways to manipulate an object in the 3d Panel: move, rotate, and scale. Each way of manipulation has a “gizmo” associated with it. The gizmo is a tri-colored object that won’t be seen by the camera when you create a movie or print out scenes. It is used only to manipulate the object.

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• Left Clicking and dragging on any arrow allows the user to move only in that axis.

  • Green - up/down

  • Red - left/right

  • Blue - back/forth

• Left Clicking and dragging on the small squares allows the user to move the object relative to the plane.

  • Green square - in x/z plane

  • Blue square - in x/y plane

  • Red square - in y/z plane.

• Left Clicking and dragging directly in the middle of the gizmo on the object allows the user to move in any axis.

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• Left Clicking and dragging on any circle allows the user to rotate only around that axis.

  • Green - vertical rotation (Y Axis)

  • Red - horizontal rotation (X Axis)

  • Blue - horizontal rotation (Z Axis)

  Left Clicking and dragging directly in the middle of the gizmo allows the user to rotate in any axis.

There are two modes gizmo can behave:

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• Left Clicking and dragging on any line allows the user to scale only along that axis.

  • Green - vertical scale (Y Axis)

  • Red - horizontal scale (X Axis)

  • Blue - horizontal scale (Z Axis)

• Left Clicking and dragging directly in the middle of the gizmo allows the user to scale in all axes.