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2 Move the pointer over the object until the snap point becomes highlighted.
3 Drag the object close to the target object until the snap point on the target object becomes highlighted.
To snap an object as you draw it, drag in the drawing window until the snap point in the target object becomes highlighted.
To set snapping options
1
Click Tools Options.
2 In the Workspace list of categories, click Snap to objects.
3 On the Snap to objects page of the Options dialog box, enable one or more of the check boxes in the Modes area.
To enable all snapping modes, click Select all.
To disable all snapping modes without turning off snapping, click Deselect all.
4 Type a value in the Snapping radius box to set the radius, in pixels, of the snapping field around the pointer.
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Display or hide snapping mode indicators Enable or disable the Show snap location marks check box.
Display or hide screen tips Enable or disable the Screen tip check box.
Using dynamic guides
You can display dynamic guides to help you precisely move, align, and draw objects in relation to other objects. Dynamic guides are
temporary guidelines that you can pull from the following snap points in objects — center, node, quadrant, and text baseline. For more
information about snap points and snapping modes, see “Snapping objects” on page 225.
As you drag an object along a dynamic guide, you can view the distance of the object from the snap point that was used to create the
dynamic guide, which helps you position the object precisely. You can use dynamic guides to place objects in relation to other objects as you
draw them. You can also display intersecting dynamic guides and then place an object at the intersection.
A dynamic guide was pulled from a node in the object on the left. The screen tip next to the node displays the angle of the
dynamic guide (0º)and the distance between the node and the pointer (1.5 inches.) The object on the right was dragged along
the dynamic guide and positioned precisely 1.5 inches away from the node that was used to generate the dynamic guide.
Dynamic guides contain invisible divisions, called ticks, to which your pointer gravitates. Ticks let you move objects with precision along a
dynamic guide. You can adjust tick spacing to suit your needs, and you can disable snapping to ticks. You can set other options for dynamic
guides. For example, you can choose to display dynamic guides at one or more preset angles, or at custom angles that you specify. You can
preview the angle settings. You can also customize the color and line style of dynamic guides. When you no longer need a dynamic guide at
a certain angle, you can delete the angle settings. You can also display dynamic guides that are extensions of line segments.