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Arrange Menu: Aligning Components

Maria Bällman
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It is simple to align components in the drawing area using different aligning features. Alignment options are found in the Object menu and Tools menu. 

Basic options are directly in the Object drop-down menu: 

Align and distribute - Object menu.jpg

while additional options are accessed from the Tools menu by opening the Align and distribute dialog.

To access this dialog and align components, follow the steps below:

  1. Select the components you wish to align.
  2. Go to the Tools menu and select the Align and distribute option. The Align/distribute dialog opens:

    Align and distribute - Tools menu.jpg
     
  3. Choose one of the options in the first row. The components will be aligned accordingly.

Components can be aligned in six different ways:

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The first three tools in the Align section are for items arranged in a vertical line in the 2D View:

Align_VerticalList.png

Align left

Align left in dialog.jpg

Aligning components left means that the left edge of all selected components will be in line.

AlignResult_Left.png

Align vertical

Align vertical in dialog.jpg

Aligning components vertically means that the vertical center of all selected components will be in line.

AlignResult_Vertical.png

Align right

Align right in dialog.jpg

Aligning components right means that the right edge of all selected components will be in line.

AlignResult_Right.png

The next three tools in the Align section are for items arranged in a horizontal line in the 2D View:

Align_HorizontalList.png

Align up

Align up in dialog.jpg

Aligning components up means that the top edge of all selected components will be in line.

AlignResult_Up.png

Align horizontal

Align horizontal in dialog.jpg

Aligning components horizontally means that the horizontal center of all selected components will be in line.

AlignResult_Horizontal.png

Align down

Align down in dialog.jpg

Aligning components down means that the bottom edge of all selected components will be in line.

AlignResult_Down.png

 

The next three tools in the Align section are for items arranged in a horizontal line in the 3D View. A tip here is to use the Orthographic View in 3D drawing view.

 

Align top (Elevation)

Align top in dialog.jpg

Aligning components top (Elevation) means that the top edge of all selected components will be in line.

Align top (Elevation) pic.jpg

Align heightwise (Elevation)

Align heightwise in dialog.jpg

Aligning components height-wise (Elevation) means that the middle height of all selected components will be in line.

Align heightwise (Elevation) pic.jpg

Align bottom (Elevation)

Align bottom in dialog.jpg

Aligning bottom (Elevation) means that the bottom edge of all selected components will be in line.

Alihn bottom (Elevation) pic.jpg
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  • Stephanie Hughes

    Does the align tool work on CET native walls?  I need to align walls with each other and the align tool doesn't seem to be functioning with the walls objects...

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  • Saufi

    Hi,

    Yes, it does work. Please ensure you are in the Walls component tabs or turn off the option "Move walls only when Wall Drawing tab is selected" in the Walls component tab.

    Wall Settings – Configura Help Center

    /Saufi

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