From the course: Learning Astute Graphics for Illustrator
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Use the collision spacing - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Learning Astute Graphics for Illustrator
Use the collision spacing
- [Instructor] The snap-to collisions tool in Astute Graphics ColliderScribe offers the ability to quickly create equally spaced arrangements of objects through a preference setting. You can access the tool's preferences by double clicking the tool or just press Return or Enter when you have the tool. And in the preferences dialog box, select use collision spacing. You can also set a value for the space you want between objects. I'll keep it at 12 pixels and click OK. And now when I select an object like this circle, and I'll drag over to the hexagon, I can see a little spacer appear that allows me to snap this into position exactly 12 pixels away from any object, and since I have a curved object, I can either snap 12 pixels from a straight segment on this hexagon, or I can push a little bit closer and snap 12 pixels to the corner points, like so. Now let's hold Option or Alt and duplicate this circle, and also hold…
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