Using Magnetic Lines

You can create a magnetic line to align actors easily.

1. Click Author > Magnet > Create Magnetic Line .

2. In the viewport, do one of the following:

   • Click two points that define the magnetic line endpoints.
   • Click an axis to define the magnetic line alignment and then click to position the line.

3. Create additional magnetic lines or press Esc to exit the tool.

Once you have created a magnetic line, you can attach actors to it.

1. In the viewport, do one of the following:

   • Drag a magnetic line to pick up actors.
   • Drag actors to a magnetic line.

   When you drag magnetic lines and magnetic actors near each other, magnet points indicate where actors can attach. Callouts have one magnet point and all other actors have five.
   
   

   Notes:

   • When attached to a magnetic line, an actor's Auto alignment property is set to Free 2D automatically.
   • Avoid picking up actors unintentionally when dragging magnetic lines, because you cannot use the Undo command to undo position changes of Free 2D actors.

2. Space actors on the magnetic line as needed.

   To...	Do this...
   Space actors evenly on a magnetic line	Set the magnetic line Spacing property (Properties pane) to Uniform.
   To position actors freely	Set Spacing to Custom.

You can align a magnetic line to an axis (geometry actor edge or coordinate system axis).

1. Select one or more magnetic lines.

2. Click Author > Magnet > Align Magnetic Line

3. Click an axis on which to align.

   Note: Hovering over an axis highlights the axis and shows the effect on the magnetic line.

   Tip: You can also align a magnetic line by clicking its alignment button and then clicking an alignment axis.

You can move, rotate or transform magnetic lines.