ALIGN command

Moves, rotates, and scales entities to align with specified points.

BricsCAD Lite; BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

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Alias: AL

Description

Moves, rotates and scales entities in 2D or 3D space by specifying a set of alignment points.

Options within the command

Select entities
Selects entities that are to be aligned.
Note: Do not select destination entities, otherwise they are also moved.
Specify first source point
Specifies the source alignment point.
Specify first destination point
Specifies the destination alignment point.
Note: If you press Enter at this prompt, the source object moves.
Note: Specify a second pair of source and destination points to move and rotate entities.
Specify second source point
Specifies the second source alignment point.
Specify second destination point
Specifies the matching destination point.
Note: Press Enter to move and rotate 2D entities.
Note: Specify a third pair of source and destination points to move and rotate 3D entities.
Scale objects based on alignment points
Allows you to scale the source object.
Note: Scaling is only available when aligning entities using two pairs of points.
Yes
Scales objects relative to the picked points.
No
Does not scale objects.
Specify third source point
Specifies the source point for 3D alignment.
Specify third destination point
Specifies the matching destination point.