Sorry, but I can't find solution of my problem here in forum.
I wish to just grab the object an snap its center to grid. (in manual moving)
I can snap object's corners to grid.
I can snap object's nodes to grid. Just select all nodes and then grab one and moving.
But how can snap object's center to grid? I can't find solution in program's hrelp.
Thankyou in advance and meow.
Ponny
12 June 2016, 08:41 PM
Acorn
Re: Snap object's center to grid
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Originally Posted by Ponny
Sorry, but I can't find solution of my problem here in forum.
I wish to just grab the object an snap its center to grid. (in manual moving)
I can snap object's corners to grid.
I can snap object's nodes to grid. Just select all nodes and then grab one and moving.
But how can snap object's center to grid? I can't find solution in program's hrelp.
Thankyou in advance and meow.
Ponny
Create a small square box and using Snap to Grid place so its centre is where you want your shape to be positioned.
Switch to Snap to Objects and align their centres.
Delete the small box.
Create a Guides Layer and place two guides where you want to centre your shape.
Align its centre onto the crossing guide lines.
Acorn
12 June 2016, 08:44 PM
gwpriester
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Re: Snap object's center to grid
What you are you trying to accomplish?
To the best of my knowledge, this is not possible.
I would work around this by dragging guidelines through the vertical and horizontal center of the grid. Select the object or group of objects and click again to enable Rotate Skew mode, and then manually use the arrow keys to move the object until the cross hairs are over the intersection of the grid lines.
If you hold down the Alt key, the movement of the selection will be constrained to 1 pixel per click of the arrow keys on your keyboard.
13 June 2016, 12:04 PM
Ponny
Re: Snap object's center to grid
Sorry, but i am a little bit stupid today. I don't understand this. When I have turned on snap to gudelines, I see a little dot in a centre of object, and I can snap it to guidelines. But when snapping on grid, there is no this little point, and I can't snap center object to grid. I am sure, this is very simple, but I can't do this.
Ponny
13 June 2016, 12:21 PM
gwpriester
Re: Snap object's center to grid
Only shapes such as ellipses, rectangles, quickshapes show a center X and only when selected with one of those tools.
It is easier to snap this X to a visible grid if you switch View Quality to Outlines (Window > View Quality > Outlines)
14 June 2016, 03:46 AM
wizard509
Re: Snap object's center to grid
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Originally Posted by gwpriester
Only shapes such as ellipses, rectangles, quickshapes show a center X and only when selected with one of those tools.
Sorry to disagree with you Gary but it seems that freehand shapes show a center x too but will not snap to grid. Whether the center x is accurately placed I don't know.
14 June 2016, 07:08 AM
handrawn
Re: Snap object's center to grid
I don't see that Larry... there is the rotation origin point, which is a circle with a cross on it...
You need to watch for the little red dot on one line and walk it up to the guide cross point.
It works for groups and any irregular shape.
When you Flip Horizontally or Vertically, the X- & Y-co-ordinates do not alter.
Acorn
14 June 2016, 10:25 PM
Egg Bramhill
Re: Snap object's center to grid
Totally agree Acorn. Just pointing out that Snap to Grid only snaps to edges. Snap to Guides and Objects on the other hand can snap to centres. Maybe this will help to OP: