Hi, is there a way to center or align two objects but selecting one as the master so it stays in place and the other one moves to the restriction specified?
In illustrator you can do this by selecting both objects and then clicking again on the one you want to be the master but can’t do it in Rhino
Example: I want the circle to be in the middle of the selected object
Dear @Fernando_Ruiz
as far as i know: No.
(1)
but to do it - basically it is a workflow, using the standard
_move
Command - combined with some object snaps.
(2)
there is also
_boxEdit
but be careful, the last digits in the fields might be rounded.
(3)
Gumball has the ability to be “snappy”.
search for “Snappy gumball”
to snap to a center you have to distinguish between 2d and 3d.
for 2d shapes there is a
_CenterSnap
but notice, that not all shapes have a Center (Circles, Rectangles, polygons, etc…)
for 3d
(I might miss something here @pascal ? - is there something like a BoundingBoxCenterSnap ? )
(also for 2d, where shapes have no centersnap)
you want to snap to the center of an enclosing (bounding) box.
you can create this construction by
_BoundingBox
_line (corner to corne / body diagonal)
and then snap to the midpoint
(in most cases, this is the same position as the Gumball pivot, so you can combine this with snappy gumball)
technical
you can also get “technical center-points” by
_VolumeCentroid
_AreaCentroid
Thanks for the quick and detailed response! willl work around it
