Or you can rotate an object to match the same rotation angle as an existing object. With Intelligent Dimensioning, you can scale an object and get indicators when a dimension is matched with an existing object. With Intelligent Spacing, you can draw a shape spaced exactly between two shapes. With this option enabled, you can create shapes that align with existing edges. When Alignment Guides are enabled, there are several alignment options to choose from, such as Object Edges. With this point set, you can click Align Bottom to bring all groups down to that horizontal level.įinally, let’s look at the Live Guides docker. You can enter coordinates, or click Specify Point to pick a point directly on the document. There are several other alignment options, such as Page Edge or Page Center, or you can specify an alignment point. If the Outline option is enabled, the alignment is relative to the outlines of the groupsĪnd with the Extent of Page option enabled, distribution will be along the entire page. To space the groups evenly, try Distribute Center Horizontally, or Distribute Space Horizontally. Objects move to align with the last object selected. If you want the four selected groups to line up neatly with one another, click Align Center Vertically, or Align Top. In this example, the four groups are all selected. Next, let’s look at the Align and Distribute docker, where a variety of placement options can be found. For example, you could use the Pen tool to trace this shape. Now you can reference guidelines when creating objects. If you want to be sure your guidelines won’t be moved or deleted, select them and lock them.īe sure that Snap to Guidelines is enabled – this is the second icon at the top of the docker. Continue moving and rotating until the guideline is placed correctly. Make a copy of this guideline, and move it a bit.Ĭlick on the guideline again, and now you can rotate it. Specify the angle, enter X and Y dimensions, and click Add. Or you can create a guideline by dragging from the ruler into the document, then modify its placement if needed.įor an angled guideline, choose that option from the drop down. You can also select a guideline and press Ctrl + D to copy it, then move it by dragging or by entering an exact distance. So select the guideline, change the Y dimensions to 0.855, and click Modify. The guideline is created, but isn’t positioned where it needs to go, at the top of the light blue box. Enter the Y distance of 0.8” and click Add. To place a new horizontal guideline, set the drop down to Horizontal. At the top of the docker you can set a different line style and color for new guidelines that will be created. The Eye icon at the top of the docker can toggle guides on and off. The existing ones are listed here, 4 horizontal and 4 vertical. The Guidelines docker is one place where you can create guidelines. If the guidelines color is hard to see against your document background, you can select them all in the Objects Docker, and right-click on a different color swatch on the Color palette to change their color.
In the Objects docker, these guidelines are on the Master Page layer, where they can be turned on and off with the Eye icon. This business card template has 8 dashed blue lines – these are guidelines. We’ll look at three dockers that have all the options you’ll need for aligning and positioning objects. With smart drawing tools like guidelines, alignment and positioning options, and live guides, every object can easily go just where it should.Ĭlick on any of the images below to view full-size. When creating objects in CorelDRAW, you don’t have to rely on just your eyes to place things where you want them.
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