How to align drawings on the page?

[Beyondforce]

Hey Guys,

I'm trying to align (center) a view to the center of the page, but I can't figure out how to do that?

I also want to do a bottom align of 2 views on the same page, and I con't find anything that can help me do that.

Likewise, I couldn't find any alignment tool in the drawing toolbar. Is there a workaround for that?

Thanks.

[jhackney1972]

The drawing template I use has a center of sheet markings in the border so I use them to do what you desire.

[Beyondforce]

Hey John,
This is a nice workaround for the center align.
I also need to align multiple views, it could be bottom or top align. Do you have a workaround for that?

Ben.

[TheCADWhisperer]

Use Move and Transform and track from first view.

Unfortunately the alignment isn't associative.

If you move the first view the Moved view doesn't go with it.

[Beyondforce]

@TheCADWhisperer, I have tried and too messy when you have to do that on 7 sheets.
Thanks for your feedback 👍

Ben.

[Beyondforce]

I'm not sure, how the Drawing team missed that feature. The Align tool is very basic, and every design software has it.

Another option they forgot, is the Export to PNG/JPEG. It is important when you need to send the drawing to the Patent application.

Ben.

[jhackney1972]

I use the Move command, and key points, to align views to other views.  I think this is what the @TheCADWhisperer is talking about.  It is the same as I showed in my first video to center a view but I am tracking off a key point in another view.  I can see if you had to do a lot of views, it could get tedious.

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@Beyondforce wrote:

I'm not sure, how the Drawing team missed that feature. The Align tool is very basic, and every design software has it.

Another option they forgot, is the Export to PNG/JPEG. It is important when you need to send the drawing to the Patent application.

Ben.

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You can do these operations in Autodesk Inventor Professional - and Align of views is associative.

[Beyondforce]

So now I have to install Inventor? 😉

[CGBenner]

@ClintBrown3D 

Any thoughts on this one?

[ClintBrown3D]

Hi @CGBenner 

Does this help?

[Beyondforce]

Hey @ClintBrown3D,
This doesn't really answer my questions:
1. I would like to align (position) a view in the middle of the page.
2. I have 2 or more different components views that I want to create bottom or top alignments.
3. Export to PNG or JPEG would be very helpful.

Thanks.

[ClintBrown3D]

Hi @Beyondforce 

I'd love to jump on a call with you to better understand the use case and see how we can help.

 If you're up for it, here is a link to my calendar, please book a session with me, and we can chat on Zoom.

(note times are in 24:00 format so 03:00 is 3am, 15:00 is 3pm). Or if a good old-fashioned email is more your style, feel free to ping me Clint. Brown {a} Autodesk.com

[Beyondforce]

Hey @ClintBrown3D,
I appreciate your time to talk. I have booked your calendar 👍

Cheers / Ben.