The object manipulator buttons

I will refer to the seven buttons near the upper-right corner as object manipulator buttons.

You can manipulate an object in a variety of ways using the mouse and these buttons.

For example, you can:

• Make it larger or smaller.
• Move it to the right, to the left, toward the viewer, away from the viewer, up, or down.
• Rotate it about any of three different axes.

By selecting one of the object manipulator buttons, you enable a family of behaviors that will result when you select an object and drag the mouse pointer in its proximity.