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You can select the Perspective Grid tool from the Tools panel or press Shift+P. When the Perspective Grid tool is

selected, it shows:

• Left and right grid controls to adjust planes (see Adjust vanishing points, grid planes, horizon height, grid cell size,

and grid extent)

• Horizon height (see Precise perpendicular movement)

• Left and right vertical plane position

• Visibility and extent of a grid cell

• Grid cell size

• Origin

• Left and right ground level widgets used for grid movement (see Move the perspective grid)

In addition, when you select the Perspective Grid, a Plane Switching Widget also appears. You can use this widget to

select the active grid plane. In Perspective Grid, an active plane is the plane on which you draw an object to project the

observer’s view of that portion of the scene.

A Left Grid Plane B No Active Grid Plane C Right Grid Plane D Horizontal Grid Plane

For a video on defining the perspective grid, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid5205_ai_en.

You can set options to position the widget on any of the four screen corners and choose to display it when the

Perspective Grid is visible. To set these options, double-click the Perspective Grid icon in the Tools panel. In the

Perspective Grid Options dialog box, you can select the following:

Show Active Plane Widget This option is selected by default. If you deselect this check box, then the widget is not

displayed with the Perspective Grid.

Widget Position You can choose to display the widget on the upper left, upper-right, lower-left, or lower-right corner

of the document window.

When you select the Perspective Selection tool, the left, right, and horizontal grid controls are displayed. You can switch

to the Perspective Selection tool by pressing Shift+V or selecting it from the Tools panel. The Perspective Selection tool

enables you to:

• Bring objects, texts, and symbols in perspective

• Switch active planes using keyboard shortcuts

• Move, scale, and duplicate objects in perspective space

• Move and duplicate objects perpendicular to its current position in the perspective plane. (see Precise perpendicular

movement)

With the Perspective Selection tool, the active planes in the perspective grid are indicated by the following pointers.

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