8 Replies Latest reply: Feb 25, 2014 1:13 AM by Jacob Bugge RSS

    Snapping centres to grid

    zimbop Community Member

      I'm trying to snap a circle created with the Elipse tool to the grid. However, the centre of the circle won't snap to the grid, it's always the edges.

       

      My circle is 4.7mm and my grid is 10mm with 2 subdivisions.

       

      Can anyone tell me how to get the centre of a circle to snap to the grid please?

        • 1. Re: Snapping centres to grid
          zimbop Community Member

          Googled for a while and it seems that you have to use guides, unless anyone knows of a better option? Seems odd though! I would have thought it was something people would commonly want to do.

          • 2. Re: Snapping centres to grid
            CarlosCanto Community Member

            here's one way

             

            make a 20x20 square, align center the circle to it, select both and every time you tap your arrow keys, the circle's center will snap to the grid

             

            snaptocenter.PNG

            • 3. Re: Snapping centres to grid
              zimbop Community Member

              Hey Carlos, thanks, useful work around!

              • 4. Re: Snapping centres to grid
                Jacob Bugge CommunityMVP

                zimbob,

                 

                Or select the circle, then drag it by the centre and see it snap, presuming you have Show Center on in the Attributes palette.

                • 5. Re: Snapping centres to grid
                  zimbop Community Member

                  Jacob Bugge wrote:

                   

                  zimbob,

                   

                  Or select the circle, then drag it by the centre and see it snap, presuming you have Show Center on in the Attributes palette.

                   

                  I've tried this of course, and it doesn't work in my case. It's probably an anomaly caused by the size of my circle and the size of the grid. You'd think that Illustrator would know that I've selected the centre of the circle and would snap using that regardless. If I wanted to snap to an edge, it's easy enough to grab and edge.

                  • 6. Re: Snapping centres to grid
                    Jacob Bugge CommunityMVP

                    zimbop,

                     

                    It should work regardless of sizes.

                     

                    There may be some level of preference corruption, or disturbance from other applications.

                     

                    You may try 1) - 5) in the list below, Item 7) may be the most relevant part of 5).

                     

                     

                    The following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file (you may have tried/done some of them already); 1) and 2) are the easy ones for temporary strangenesses, and 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences):

                     

                    1) Close down Illy and open again;

                    2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to 3 times);

                     

                    3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);

                    4) Move the folder (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible);

                     

                    5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);

                     

                    Even more seriously, you may:

                     

                    6) Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool (if you have CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6/CC), and reinstall.

                     

                    http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

                    • 7. Re: Snapping centres to grid
                      zimbop Community Member

                      Yes does now, had no idea it was a preference corruption issue. TYVM

                      • 8. Re: Snapping centres to grid
                        Jacob Bugge CommunityMVP

                        You are welcome, zimbop.

                         

                        had no idea it was a preference corruption issue

                         

                        It comes to mind when it seems that everything else has been ruled out.