
Opens the Align Objects dialog, where you can select one of five Horizontal and Vertical alignment options. The grid is set by typing or selecting a value in the drop-down in Home | Grids and Units |.

To align a set of selected objects, click Tools | Arrange | then select the required command from the drop-down menu that appears. To help achieve these goals, there are a number of positioning and alignment tools that can be used for all type of design objects. As well as components, it can also be important to align other objects, such as reference designators and other text strings. To help fulfill all of these requirements, there is value in positioning the components so that they are on a sensible placement grid, and suitably spaced and aligned wherever possible.

SummaryĬomponents are positioned on the board to not only satisfy the electrical requirements defined by the connective and signal integrity requirements, they must also be placed during the assembly process and readily located during test and repair. The Alignment tools being used to align and space reference designators (hold Ctrl while dragging a selection rectangle to select designators).
