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You can snap objects to other objects, to page elements (such as the center of the page), to the document grid, pixel grid, baseline grid, or
the guidelines.
To snap an object to another object with greater precision, you can first snap the pointer to a snap point in the object, and then snap the
object to a snap point in the target object. For example, you can snap the pointer to the center of a rectangle, drag the rectangle by the
center, and then snap the rectangle to the center of another rectangle.
The pointer was snapped to an end node of the leaf (top), and then
the leaf was dragged to snap to the end node of the branch (bottom).
Snapping modes determine which snap points you can use in an object. The table below includes descriptions of all available snapping
modes.
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Snapping mode Description Snapping mode indicator
Node Lets you snap to a node on an object
Intersection Lets you snap to a geometric intersection of
objects
Midpoint Lets you snap to a line segment midpoint
Quadrant Lets you snap to points that are at 0°, 90°,
180°, and 270° on a circle, ellipse, or arc
Tangent Lets you snap to a point on the outside
edge of an arc, circle, or ellipse where a line
touches, but does not intersect, the object
Perpendicular Lets you snap to a point on the outside
edge of a segment where a line is
perpendicular to the object
Edge Lets you snap to a point that touches the
edge of an object
Center Lets you snap to the center of the closest
object (arc, regular polygon, or curve
centroid)