Transforming Items

With the transform tools in Modo you can quickly, easily, and most importantly, accurately apply transformations to items — whether hauling or applying values numerically. All the transform tools are universal in how they work. They respect the settings for falloffs, action centers, and the work plane. You can apply them in any mode: component modes (Vertices, Edges, and Polygons), Items, Center, Pivot, and even Materials modes. For information on using a specific tool, click any link below to see its topic.

Tip:  You can middle mouse button click without dragging to repeat the last modeling or transform tool action.

Duplicating Geometry with the Transform Tools

You can transform and duplicate geometry at the same time by using the transform tools (Transform, Move, Scale, Rotate). To do this, activate the tool, then hold Ctrl/Cmd+Shift, and drag on the handles in the 3d viewport.

Depending on the selection type, you can do the followings:

• In Items mode, create an instance of the item.

Note:  You can convert an instance into actual geometry by right-clicking the instance, then selecting Change Type > Mesh.

• In Polygons mode, copy the selected polygons.

• In Edges mode, extend the edge. Clicking on the move handles edits the current segment, clicking outside of the handles creates a new segment.

• In Vertices mode, slide the vertex along one of the connecting edges, the one that is most aligned to the transformation vector.

Transform
	Transform	Combines Move, Rotate, and Scale transformations into a single tool.
	Move	Moves or translates a selection across a specific distance.
	Rotate	Rotates a selection by a specific number of degrees.
	Axis Rotate	A Rotate tool that it is limited to editing a single axis at a time.
	Scale	Makes a selection larger or smaller.
	Uniform Scale	Constrains all three axes, forcing uniform scaling operation.
	Tack	Moves and rotates a polygon and/or all connected vertices to any other polygon in the model.
	Center Commands	Commands that center a geometry selection at the World Origin position.