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Align 447
The Alig n flyout, available from the Main toolbar
(page 3–733)
, provides access to six different
tools for aligning objects. These are, from top to
bottom:
Align (page 1–447)
Quick Alig n (page 1–450)
Normal Align (p age 1–450)
Place Highlight (page 1–452)
Align Camera (page 1–453)
Align to View (page 1–453)
Align
Main toolbar > Align (on Align flyout)
Keyboard > ALT+A
Clicking Align , available from the Align flyout
(page 1–446)
, then s electing an object, displays t he
Align dialog (page 1–447) ,whichletsyoualign
the current selection to a ta rget selection. The
nameofthetargetobjectappearsinthetitlebar
of the Align dialog. When performing sub-object
alignment, the title bar of the Alig n dialog reads
"Align Sub-Object Select ion."
You can align the position and orientation of the
bounding box (page 3–1013) of the source object
to the bounding box of a target object.
You can use the Align tool with any selection that
canbetransformed.Ifanaxistripodisdisplayed,
you can align the tripod (and the geometr y it
represents) to any other object in the scene. You
canusethistoalignanobject’spivotpoint.
When performing sub-object alignment, the
Current Object options and the Match Scale boxes
are disabled. If you plan to align or ientation for
sub-objects, first switch to Local tr ansform mode
on the Main toolbar so that the axis tripo d is
properly aligned with your sub-object selection.
Other alignment tools on the Alig n flyout are
Quick A lign (page 1–450) , Normal Align (page
1–450)
, Place Highlig ht (page 1–452) , Align to
Camera (page 1–453)
,and Align to View (page
1–453)
.
Aligning objects alo ng an axis
Left: X posi tion, center
Upper right: Y position, minimum
Lower right: Y position, max imum
Align Dialog
Main toolbar > Align (on Align flyout) > Select ob ject.
Tools menu > Align > Select object.
Interface (page 1–449)
The Align dialog enables you to align the cur rent
selection to a target selection. The name of the
target object appears in the title bar of the Align
dialog. When p er forming sub-object alignment,
the title bar of the Align dialog reads "Align
Sub-Object Selection."