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With scale line widths on, the width of the outline is deemed to be important and so
‘snap to grid’ will snap the bounds of objects, including outlines, to the grid. Snap to
objects will allow you to snap using the bounds or the outline center lines. If the
outlines as they appear on screen are small, so there is little difference between these
two snapping positions, bounds snaps are favored. So zoom in if you want to snap
outline centers in this case.
With scale line widths off, ‘snap to grid’ and ‘snap to objects’ will snap the center lines
of objects, ignoring the outline widths.
Because snapping honors the Scale line widths switch it means that the bounds used
by snapping are always the same bounds that are reported in the
SELECTOR TOOL
infobar.
Magnetic object snapping (snap to objects)
Magnetic object snapping makes it much easier to accurately position objects relative
to each other or relative to the page center or edges.
So, for example, if you want several lines to start at exactly the same point, or want a
line to exactly join the edge of a circle, then using "magnetic object snap" is useful.
You can even use this to align the centers of objects, or align objects to the center of
the page, or align them horizontally and vertically anywhere in the middle of the page.
Magnetic snapping works when either moving or scaling objects using the
SELECTOR
TOOL
.
To toggle Magnetic snapping to objects on and off, click the SNAP TO
OBJECTS
button in the top toolbar. Alternatively right click the pasteboard
and choose "
SNAP TO" > "SNAP TO OBJECTS", or use the menu option
"
WINDOW" > "SNAP TO OBJECTS". You can also toggle it on/off during
dragging by tapping ‘s’.
Click and drag on the object you want to snap. As you drag, Page & Layout Designer
displays a magnet icon, blue lines and red points whenever you are near a "point of
interest" that it has snapped to.
Snap indicators