Layout Tools

Find it: press the tool's button on the Layout palette.

The Grid and Angle layout tools work essentially the same way; they provide regularly-spaced reference points for the Snap Target. When you place the target (or source) marker on a construction tool, it snaps to the reference points of the tool. For the Grid, these points are the intersection of the two perpendicular sets of lines. For the Angle tool, these points are the intersections of the rings with the spokes.

Snapping house models to grid.

To lay out some objects along fixed grid points or along a circle, put the target in the correct spot on the appropriate layout tool and move each object to it.

Each tool has interactive handles for rotating, translating, and changing the layout (click the links above to see an explanatory diagram):

Double-clicking either tool brings up a panel for direct type-in editing of the tool size and layout.

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