Center a window on a wall (or other element)

[Gus]

I swear that in plan I used to be able to select a window, grab it's central node then hover over another element in the design and get a "tick mark" representing the middle of that wall or slab that I could use to align the window to the center of that element. Am I dreaming that division "tick marks" used to show up when hovering while a window was selected and being dragged?

[Anonymous]

What about if the object is not locked in an axis like this window, which is locked in the y-axis?

I've tried to hold shift while moving, but it will not lock to the y-axis.

What I ended up doing was creating guide lines segment, but is that necessary?

[Richard Morrison]

Also, simpleaddon.com has a nice little window/door centering tool (or consistent side offset) that is definitely worth the USD $10 price, PLUS you get a bunch of other tools included. I think one of the great AC bargains.

[Anonymous]

I'm not trying to center a window, so I guess that plugin won't work for me?

I have no problems centering using the control box tools, but I need to create guidelines first if I want to center something along a line which is not in the vicinity of the object I'm centering.

[Barry Kelly]

famadorian wrote:
I'm not trying to center a window, so I guess that plugin won't work for me?

I have no problems centering using the control box tools, but I need to create guidelines first if I want to center something along a line which is not in the vicinity of the object I'm centering.

All to easy with snap guides.
If it is not something like this can you show an image of what you are trying to do?

Barry.

[Steve Jepson]

s2art wrote:
... Then the race is on to move the window before the snap point disappears

I spent some time in that race myself.