Here is another macro, which I showed in a previous thread. It adds nothing exciting to Draw, but does help speed up the positioning of one object alongside another. If you had to place quite a number of shapes alongside one another in different positions, this could well speed up the process. The macro is attached and a short video below shows it in action.
Very great and useful macro! it was an old request for years. Can be applied to many objects at the same time, for align outside all?
Congratulations! Brian is re-writing CorelDRAW
Ariel said: Very great and useful macro! it was an old request for years. Can be applied to many objects at the same time, for align outside all? Congratulations! Brian is re-writing CorelDRAW
Hi Ariel,
thanks very much. The question you are asking....I would need to add some functionality...can you please explain a little more? I am guessing you are saying, for example, we have one large square and 9 small squares. You would like to press one button and have all 9 small squares align to the large one (all around it)? If so, I can easily do that for you. However, what if you only had, say 7 small squares and one large....what would you want the macro to do with those? I could make it that it would only work with 9 shapes and a message would pop up to warn you if you selected less than 9 shapes to place around the large one.
Best regards,Brian.
I wonder if you are thinking of something more like this one:
The macro in that video works as follows:
you have a main shape and a smaller shape. You can either enter the number of smaller shapes you want along each side of the larger shape, or let the macro calculate the number of shapes along each side for best fit. You can also specify a distance from outside or inside the main shape you wish to place the smaller shapes.
I do need to modify it at some stage....as when it calculates the number of shapes for best fit, it calculates based upon placing at them around the shape and touching it. If you move the shapes outwards from the main shape you could fit more shapes and if you move them 'further' inside the main shape you would fit less. At least you can undo and adjust the values and reapply though, so not a big deal.
Nooooo, you must have been thinking of this one: