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Align rectangle to mid point of another rectangle's side?

rajdude — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 17:20:36 GMT

Is it possible to quickly align the side of one rectangle's to the midpoint of another rectangle's side?

I mean mid point of one side of rectangle A should be placed upon the mid point of one side of rectangle B

Like this:

Re: Align rectangle to mid point of another rectangle's side?

CGBenner — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 17:23:47 GMT

@rajdude

Try a Coincident constraint between the two midpoints.

Re: Align rectangle to mid point of another rectangle's side?

rajdude — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 17:31:31 GMT

THANK YOU it was that easy?

I just wasted about an hour searching for the solution 😞

BTW, I could see that coincident constraint, but the little pop up shows circles, and the verbiage also says circles, so I assumed it will not work for straight lines! LoL

Re: Align rectangle to mid point of another rectangle's side?

blandb — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 19:10:12 GMT

Coincident will basically place any point on an arc or line. It will move along the arc or line unless you specifically place it on an end point, mid point. For instance, you can draw a line, and then place a circle. Use the coincident and use the center point of the circle and place it on the line. The circle will now be associated to the line, not just the points. You can even drag the circle away from the line completely and it will still be associated to it. Is a pretty useful constraint.