Object Alignment

You can align objects by using the Edit – Quick Align command or the Edit – Advanced – Align command. The two commands enable you to perform similar tasks but differ in their usage. You can perform the following tasks by using these commands:

• Align objects with a point
• Align objects with an edge
• Align objects with a layer
• Align objects with a target axis

Both the commands work in pre- and post-selection modes.

The Quick Align command enables you to align an edge, a centerline, or a point to another edge, centerline, or point, whereas the Align command aligns an object bounding box to the bounding box of another object.

The Quick Align command enables you to quickly align objects in a more interactive manner than the Align command. In comparison to the Align command, the Quick Align command provides the following additional features:

• Enables smart snapping of edges, centerlines, and points within the specified aperture.
• Enables cyclic highlighting of the reference and target objects within the aperture distance from the pointer by using the spacebar.
• Enables alignment with respect to reference or target objects across the hierarchy.
• Supports the spacing rules defined in the technology file.
• Enables alignment by stretching partially selected objects.

(Virtuoso RF Option) The Quick Align command supports alignment of curved objects - polygons and paths. You can set references on non-curved edges of a curved object but not on a curved edge or midpoint of a curved edge. You can set target on any aspect of a curved object other than its curved edges.

Related Topics

Object Alignment by Using the Quick Align Command

Object Alignment by Using the Align Command

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