I use Corel Draw X6 to generate scaled, 2D room diagrams. I occasionally have objects that the center point of the object is not the center of the physical object it represents. Here's an example to illustrate my point:
If I have a stove top with burners drawn, the object representing the burner has a center that is actually the center of the real burner. If I have a frying pan with a handle, the center of the object is NOT the center of the frying pan it represents. Thus, if I select both and try to align them, there's no way to have the frying pan land on the burner.
My question is, is there a way to define an anchor point by which I can align to other objects? I know I can do so with regard to rotating an object, but that does not allow me to align to that "center" point.
The only way I can think of offhand would be to to extend your object in the opposite direction -- either by grouping it with a no-fill, no-outline rectangle or by using the rectangle as a powerclip.
The dotted blue line represents the no-fill no-outline rectangle, and the object is meant to represent a frying pan not a magnifying glass
This would solve the alignment problem, because the alignment point is again the physical centre. But it might create other problems -- if you wanted to distribute space between objects, for example.
Thanks harry. That really doesn't save any time. I would still have to make calculations and draw the box around the object then group them. The example I used was over simplified to get the point across. My real world drawings consist of line art drawings of various pieces of equipment that hang from a single point that is not center of the object.
In this example, the hang point would be from the crosshair above the word Equip. Again, I can make it rotate around that point which is extremely handy, but I cannot center it on that point to align it to whatever object or guideline.
I did cut and past an object straight from Corel Draw. I'll try again...
Okay... next question. How do you paste a picture to this forum?
PaulG504 said:How do you paste a picture to this forum?
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