Product Documentation
OrCAD Capture User Guide
Product Version 17.4-2020, June 2020

Align Toolbar

The Align toolbar offers a quick and easy way to align selected objects vertically (top, middle, and bottom) or horizontally (left, center, and right) with reference to other object. It also provides an option to equally distribute selected objects horizontally or vertically across a schematic page. 

You can also align selected objects with reference to a mouse click or equally distribute the selected objects within the area defined by mouse clicks using Mouse Mode.

Tool

Name

Description

Align Left

Use this command to left align the selected objects with respect to the leftmost selected object.
In Mouse Mode:
Use this command to left align the selected objects with respect to the mouse click.

Align Center

Use this command to center align the selected objects with respect to the virtual selection bounding box. The virtual selection bounding box is formed with respect to the leftmost object and the rightmost object of the selected objects.
In Mouse Mode:
Use this command to center align the selected objects with respect to the mouse click.

Align Right

Use this command to right align the selected objects with respect to the rightmost selected object.
In Mouse Mode:
Use this command to right align the selected objects with respect to the mouse click.

Align Top

Use this command to top align the selected objects with respect to the topmost selected object.
In Mouse Mode:
Use this command to top align the selected objects with respect to the mouse click.

Align Middle

Use this command to middle align the selected objects with respect to virtual selection bounding box. The virtual selection bounding box is formed with respect to the topmost object and the bottommost object of the selected objects.
In Mouse Mode:
Use this command to middle align the selected objects with respect to the mouse click.

Align Bottom

Use this command to bottom align the selected objects with respect to the bottommost selected object.
In Mouse Mode:
Use this command to bottom align the selected objects with respect to the mouse click.

Distribute Horizontal

Use this command to horizontally distribute the selected objects with equal spacing within virtual selection bounding box. The virtual selection bounding box is formed with respect to the leftmost object and the rightmost object of the selected objects.
In Mouse Mode:
Use this command to horizontally distribute the selected objects with equal spacing between the two selected points on a schematic page.

Distribute Vertical

Use this command to vertically distribute the selected capture objects with equal spacing within virtual selection bounding box. The virtual selection bounding box is formed with respect to the topmost object and the bottommost object of the selected objects.
In Mouse Mode:
Use this command to vertically distribute the selected objects with equal spacing between the two selected points on a schematic page.

Mouse Mode

Use this command to enable or disable Mouse Mode.