Aligning and Distributing Objects

In Live Interior, you can arrange objects in the layout using the Align and Distribute commands located in the Arrange menu.

Aligning Objects

Objects can be aligned by centers or edges.

Action	Before	After
Align Centers Vertically
Align Top Edges

The Align Centers command aligns the centers of the selected objects along a straight line.

When you apply the Align Edges command, objects are aligned to the outermost object.

Distributing Objects

Arrange > Distribute Spacing makes the distance between edges of the selected objects equal.

Arrange > Distribute Centers makes the distance between centers of the selected objects equal.

When you distribute objects, only the middle ones will change their location. The top and bottom objects (when distributed horizontally) and the left and right (when distributed vertically) stay in the original location.

The Distribute operation lets you speed up adding and positioning multiple objects.

For example, you need to insert four windows in a wall and distribute them with the same distance between each window. The quickest way is:

1. Insert all windows in the wall.
   
   
2. Place the left and right windows to the proper locations.
   
   
3. Choose Arrange > Distribute > Openings Spacing in the menu to get other windows placed automatically.

Note that unlike furniture, openings have separate distribute commands in the menu. This is necessary because openings should stay in the wall when moved. For this, both their coordinates (in the 2D layout) may be changed if the wall is not parallel to any of the rulers. Other objects, when distributed, change only one coordinate.