Constraining Objects to the Reference Point

The controls on the Reference Point toolbar let you constrain objects to the reference point in various ways. For example, using the X and Y offset constraints, you can restrict the movement of an object to a rectangular area around the reference point. The following constraints and combinations are available.

• Constrain to XObject drawing, reshaping, and moving are restricted to a specified X coordinate offset from the reference point.
• Constrain to YObject drawing, reshaping, and moving are restricted to a specified Y coordinate offset from the reference point.
• Constrain to X and Constrain to YObject drawing, reshaping, and moving are restricted to a rectangular area around the reference point defined by the specified X and Y coordinate offsets.
• Constrain to AngleObject drawing, reshaping, and moving are restricted to a specified angle from the reference point.
• Constrain to X and Constrain to AngleObject drawing, reshaping, and moving are restricted to an X coordinate offset and angle from the reference point.
• Constrain to Y and Constrain to AngleObject drawing, reshaping, and moving are restricted to a Y coordinate offset and angle from the reference point.
• Constrain to X, Constrain to Y, and Constrain to AngleObject drawing, reshaping, and moving are restricted to an X coordinate offset, Y coordinate offset, and angle from the reference point.
• Constrain to DistanceObject drawing, reshaping, and moving are restricted to a specified linear distance from the reference point.

For closed objects, the reference point constraints use the center point of the object for calculating offsets, distances, and angles.