Align

Figure 1  Advance dialog box [Align]

•     Orientation: If this option is checked, you can align a set of selected entities to the orientation of reference object.

Figure 2  Align the target entity

•    Reference Object: Specify the reference object.

•    Preview Reference Frame of Reference Object: Previews the reference frame of specified reference object.

Figure 3  Preview the geometry reference frame

•     Face-Face: If this option is checked, you can specify the action and base face.

Figure 4  Action Face & Base Face

•    Action: Specify the action face.

•    Base: Specify the base face.

•    Align Normal Vector with Same Direction: Aligns the normal vectors of action and base face.

Figure 5  After using the Align Normal Vector with Same Direction option

•     Copy: Copies a selected object.

Step to align entities

1.  Click the Advanced Object Control icon in the Advanced Toolbar.

2.  Select the Align tab in the Advance dialog box.

3.  Select a type between Orientation and Face-Face.

•     In case of Orientation,

①  Specify Reference Object.

②  If desired, select Preview Reference Frame of Reference Object to preview the geometry reference frame of the selected entity.

③  Click Align.

•     In case of Face – Face,

①  Specify the action face and base face.

②  If desired, select Align Normal Vector with Same Direction to align normal vector of action and base face.

③  Click Align.