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title: Node and shape edit modes
slug: task-view-guide/node-and-shape-edit-modes
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createdAt: 2024-06-03T13:39:02.688Z
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To toggle between node edit and shape edit, either use the shortcut or the buttons in the left menu.

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## 3D shapes

You have two options to edit 

- The **node edit** mode is the default mode that enables individual nodes to be moved one by one.
- The **shape edit** mode enables moving, rotating, and scaling all nodes simultaneously for 3D Lines. For 3D Lanes, you can move and rotate all nodes at once; scaling is disabled.

### Node Edit

Node edit allows you to transform one node at a time (default mode).

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### Shape edit

Shape edit allows you to transform the entire geometry at once.

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## 2D shapes

### 2D curves and polygons

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- The **node edit** mode is the default mode that enables moving individual nodes one-by-one.
- The **shape edit** mode enables moving, rotating and scaling curves and polygons by dragging the various controls available.

In order to **rotate** the selected shape, hover just outside one of the visible control points and then click and drag (your cursor will change to a rotation cursor.)

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To toggle between node edit and shape edit, either use the shortcut or the buttons in the left menu.

### Geometry collections

You are able to use the **shape edit** mode to move and rescale all geometries inside a geometry collection in 2D. Selecting the geometry collection will allow you to toggle the shape edit mode.

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## Multiple objects

To use shape edit on several objects at once, multi-select them and click **Edit geometries** in the batch action bar. This works in 2D and 3D, and locked or inactive objects in the selection are left as they are. See [Multi-selection](docId\:KXsN-m4wpRPsbJQaSn275).
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