Guides

The Make Guides command enables the placement of guidelines which can be used to visually align objects in the drawing. Guides can be any shape and size. In addition to providing visual clues, guides work with the SmartCursor to ensure precise alignment. Guide objects are locked into a class called “Guides” and are colored light purple. Guides are printed unless the Hide Guides command is selected, or the Delete All Guides command has permanently removed them.

To create a guide:

Create the object to become a guide.

Select the object.

Select the command.

The object changes into a guide and is placed in a Guides class.

The following commands can be selected from the Modify > Guides menu.

You can snap objects to the guide closest to them by using Snap to Object from the Snapping set on the Status bar. The distance at which the objects snap to the guides is determined by the Snap Box Size setting in the Vectorworks preferences. See Vectorworks preferences: Interactive pane for details on setting the snap radius setting.

To delete a single guide, highlight it and then select Modify > Unlock. The guide is now editable. Select Edit > Clear to remove it from the drawing. A guide can also be unlocked to move it to a new location. Select Modify > Lock to lock the guide into place once it is relocated.