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Guidelines are horizontal, vertical, or slanted reference lines that can be positioned anywhere within the Work Area.
These markers function as visual aids to assist users in accurately aligning, placing, and scaling elements within a design. They serve as temporary reference lines or rulers to ensure geometric precision.
To create a new guideline, position the cursor on either the horizontal (2) or vertical (1) ruler, press and hold the primary mouse button, and drag the cursor into the Work Area.
In computer-aided design and embroidery digitizing, snapping is a magnetic-like behavior that automatically pulls a selected element (such as a node, a line, or an entire object) toward a specific target when it is moved within a certain proximity. Think of snapping as a "gravity" effect for design elements. It removes the guesswork of manual positioning by ensuring that objects or points align perfectly with mathematical precision.
The Snap nodes to guidelines feature is accessible via Main Menu (node editing mode) > Edit > Nodes > Snap. This ensures that individual vector points align perfectly with the guides.
The Snap objects to guidelines feature is accessible via Main Menu (select / transform mode) > Options > Snap Objects. This allows the bounding box of an entire object to adhere to the guideline positions.
Guidelines can also be utilized to split vector objects. Position a guideline over the target object, then select both the object and the guideline. Right-click (secondary mouse button) on the guideline to access the context menu and select the Slice Selected Objects command.
For more complex operations, such as slicing an object along a curved path, please refer to the Split Objects with Mask chapter.
Navigate to Main Menu > Options > Guidelines to lock guides in place, remove all existing guides, or toggle the snapping behavior for objects. The most common reason to lock guidelines is to prevent moving them while you are busy adjusting nodes or objects.