Graphics Interactivity & Drawing
Mathematica's unified symbolic graphics architecture makes possible powerful mixing of programmatic graphics generation with interactive editing and control. The
Mathematica Drawing Tools palette makes it straightforward to modify existing plots or illustrations—or to create free-form ones from scratch.
Direct Interactive Drawing & Editing
Ctrl+1 — create a new empty graphic
Ctrl+D — bring up the
Drawing Tools palette
Multi Click — select subparts of groups and insets
Shift+Drag — resize changing aspect ratio
Ctrl+G — bring up the graphics inspector
Manipulate — create a complete framework for interactive graphics
Locator — interactively movable control point

Drag — rotate a 3D graphic
— make a copied graphic evaluatable