ALIGN
AutoCAD's ALIGN Command.
Frequently overlooked or just unknown to many users.
Frequently overlooked or just unknown to many users.
Become familiar with the ALIGN command to line up 2d and 3d objects.
It works great for surveys and aerial photography. It is a move/rotate/scale command all wrapped up into one.
It works great for surveys and aerial photography. It is a move/rotate/scale command all wrapped up into one.
Type ALIGN (or of course pick it from the Modify menu or Ribbon) then select the object or objects to move. Pick a point from the object to move and then a point where that first point should be moved to. Repeat again and maybe a third time for 3D objects. Answer the command line prompt if you want the objects scaled or not and viola! you've just moved, rotated and optionally scaled something in one fell swoop.
This is a great tool to line up scanned drawings to get them to scale.
A word of caution:
If aligning a drawing or image or other 2D object in a drawing that contains 3D objects, be careful if you are snapping to things so you don't align the 2D object onto some unwanted 3D plane.
If aligning a drawing or image or other 2D object in a drawing that contains 3D objects, be careful if you are snapping to things so you don't align the 2D object onto some unwanted 3D plane.
Thanks for the AutoCAD's ALIGN Command posts. Often overlooked, but the Align command is very useful. The only problem I've had, and you correctly pointed it out in your post, is being careful not to 3D align 2D objects.
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