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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: Geert Bellekens on September 05, 2018, 06:36:42 pm

Title: Diagram alignment helper lines
Post by: Geert Bellekens on September 05, 2018, 06:36:42 pm: At the very start of v14 I was excited to see new red helper lines when placing elements on a diagram.

Now for some reason I don't see them anymore :-[. Does anyone know how to turn them back on?

I'm on v14.0.1422

Thanks

Geert
Title: Re: Diagram alignment helper lines
Post by: Paolo F Cantoni on September 06, 2018, 09:39:09 am: In my b1426 they are pretty blue...

Don't know how to turn them on/off - but I'd better find out (via this topic) as I'm sure I'll have one of my users ask to switch them off.

Paolo
Title: Re: Diagram alignment helper lines
Post by: KP on September 06, 2018, 12:06:08 pm: Go to ribbon > Layout > Alignment and it's on the pull-down of the bottom right icon - Show smart placement guides.
Title: Re: Diagram alignment helper lines
Post by: Geert Bellekens on September 06, 2018, 02:15:20 pm: Yes, they are blue, I somehow remembered them being red.

Thanks KP, that worked. I would have never found that option by myself.

Geert
Title: Re: Diagram alignment helper lines
Post by: Paolo F Cantoni on September 06, 2018, 03:37:41 pm: Quote from: Geert Bellekens on September 06, 2018, 02:15:20 pm
Yes, they are blue, I somehow remembered them being red.

Thanks KP, that worked. I would have never found that option by myself.

Geert
Me neither!
Title: Re: Diagram alignment helper lines
Post by: Sunshine on September 07, 2018, 06:49:03 am: Quote from: Paolo F Cantoni on September 06, 2018, 03:37:41 pm
Quote from: Geert Bellekens on September 06, 2018, 02:15:20 pm
Yes, they are blue, I somehow remembered them being red.

Thanks KP, that worked. I would have never found that option by myself.

Geert
Me neither!
Me neither ???
Title: Re: Diagram alignment helper lines
Post by: AliBeadle on May 31, 2019, 01:12:18 am: Quote from: KP on September 06, 2018, 12:06:08 pm
Go to ribbon > Layout > Alignment and it's on the pull-down of the bottom right icon - Show smart placement guides.

Had this problem too: I would just add that 'Show Smart Placement Guides' will be greyed-out unless 'Smart Placement' (under the same menu) is selected first.
Title: Re: Diagram alignment helper lines
Post by: flexjoly on June 05, 2019, 01:05:53 am: After some years I am trying EA again. Last month I tried VP (vis.paradigm).
Although I think EA is much better dan VP, the aligning is far less. Indeed the helper-line is not always shown. And it is not aligning every element on everything.
For example I like an action pin to center with the action.... no smart placement for this....

Also you need to click ctrl-q to get an extra point in a connector.... In VP just click , hold and move the connector. Straigten the connector or Double click on a connection-point and it will disappear. >> Update: just found out: it can be done with ctrl-click also ;D

Some other nice features simular to this, that VP has: grouping elements and a magnetic-sweeper (which shortens the distance between elements)

I hope EA will make the aligning and layout helpers better!

Greetz, flexJoly
Title: Re: Diagram alignment helper lines
Post by: skiwi on June 07, 2019, 11:20:56 am: Read about it
https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.0/user_interface/using_the_alignment_panel.html

Interestingly the "show smart placement guides" option is ticked but greyed out for me, and no placement guides show when I manipulate elements (EA 1427)