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growdigital
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Align not working for me!

Post by growdigital » Mon Jan 30, 2017 10:03 pm

I managed to find the Align tool (Modify > Align) but I can't figure out how to use it.

I select 3 rectangles to be aligned (Align to: Picked Entity, no other option other than Drawing available) and when I click the Tick button, they all shift down a bit.

I can't see any "align to biggest or smallest entity in the selection", wondering if this is the missing link?

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Husky
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Re: Align not working for me!

Post by Husky » Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:54 am

Hi growdigital,
growdigital wrote:I select 3 rectangles to be aligned (Align to: Picked Entity, no other option other than Drawing available) and when I click the Tick button, they all shift down a bit.
I can't see any "align to biggest or smallest entity in the selection", wondering if this is the missing link?
take this "Align to: Picked Entity" word-for-word. Do your selection, chose your align options and move with your mouse over the selected entities. You will see a dash/dot helpline which indicates a preview of the result. Left mouse click will then execute your choice.

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Re: Align not working for me!

Post by growdigital » Tue Jan 31, 2017 10:02 am

Hi @Husky

Gotcha! The extra step was throwing me -- most graphics packages I use don't have that step in the align functionality.

I've made a screengrab to clarify it for anyone else who's looking.

thank you :)

Jake
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