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== General Rules == | == General Rules == | ||
| + | The Alignment Tools allows 6 types of alignmeent: | ||
| + | *Horizontaly | ||
| + | **Left | ||
| + | **Center | ||
| + | **Right | ||
| + | *Verticaly | ||
| + | **Top | ||
| + | **Middle | ||
| + | **Bottom | ||
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| + | These types can be disable if the alignment is not possible. | ||
| + | Here is the different rules on which the alignment is based: | ||
| + | #The alignment is available only if the selected object can be moved on the reference | ||
| + | #When an object and one or several children should be aligned on a third object, only the parent is aligned | ||
| + | #An object can only be aligned inside of its container's bounds.(In order to avoid scrollbar and invisible objects) | ||
| + | #An object cannot be aligned on one of its children. | ||
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== Using of Alignment Tool == | == Using of Alignment Tool == | ||
=== General Case === | === General Case === | ||
Revision as of 10:53, 28 August 2014
Contents
Alignment Tool
Introduction
Alignment Tool is availbale in the Papyrus toolbar:
Alignment allows to align the different objects of the model based on a reference object.
The reference object is basically the last object selected (primary selection) and can be identified with the handles color:
 Normal Selection |
 Primary Selection |
To implement Alignment, some rules have been defined.
General Rules
The Alignment Tools allows 6 types of alignmeent:
- Horizontaly
- Left
- Center
- Right
- Verticaly
- Top
- Middle
- Bottom
These types can be disable if the alignment is not possible. Here is the different rules on which the alignment is based:
- The alignment is available only if the selected object can be moved on the reference
- When an object and one or several children should be aligned on a third object, only the parent is aligned
- An object can only be aligned inside of its container's bounds.(In order to avoid scrollbar and invisible objects)
- An object cannot be aligned on one of its children.