Hi,
Is there a way to move objects a specific distans from each other?
For example, if I want to have 2mm between the top of the box to the top of the A (see attached screenshot) is there a way to do this without messing with the XPos and the YPos?
How do you imagine this working? Itâs a bit of an odd limitation.
Some potential strategies:
- In Edit->Settings change your move distance for arrow adjustments to something like 1mm. Then first align the A to the top of the box, then with A still selected push arrow down twice to get 2mm.
- Create a 2mm rectangle and align top of the rectangle to the top of the box. Then align A to bottom of rectangle.
Was hope there was a function similar to when you use the measurement tool. There you can select the horizontal part of the A and the line of the box to see the distance, if youâre able to select two lines, maybe where was a function to adjust the distance between them.
Really appreciate your input how it can be done with those methods as well.
On a layer that you set to not burn, create a rectangle 2mm tall with an arbitrary width. Use the snapping functions to move the top edge of the rectangle to the upper border, then do the same to move the text to the bottom of the alignment rectangle.
Once placed, make sure the layer is set to not burn, and you can also set it to not be visible.
The other alternative is to use the default âtoolâ layers that will never burn anything to do the same thing.
You are in luck! With the release of version 1.2.00, LightBurn added the âDockâ features, designed to allow you to nudge shapes closer together. That feature also provides for some âpaddingâ or defined distance that will be maintained between objects that are docked.
Here I show 2, 10mm rectangles that I docked together using a 2mm padding. This might assist your efforts. 
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Since weâre on a roll Iâll add another strategy.
- Align A to top of box
- Grab the A and move down. The status field at the bottom of the screen will show you the amount that youâve moved. Release when youâve moved down 2mm.
Iâm blown away by all the replies with different methods how to do this, and all within a hour 
The method Rick mention is pretty much spot on to what I had in mind. However it doesnât seem to work if there is a radius on the box. With 90 degree angle it works, but not when my box is bent in 15 degrees on all sides. Seems that if I want to use that method I still have to to make a secondary rectangle
With that being said, a huge thanks to all of you with different inputs how to do this
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Well, that is not what we intended. Thank you for drawing our attention to this use case. Investigating furtherâŚ
Edit: I was wrong. My apologies. The current implementation of docking uses the outside of a shape. Here is the direct comment from the dev who wrote that feature:
By design, docking only works on the outside of shapes. So currently this use-case doesnât work.
The member suggested options above are the best current recommendations to achieve what you are after.
Drag the top edge of the âARâ and drag it up to where it snaps to the line / rectangle. Let it go.
Then, click in the YPos box, move the cursor to the very end of the text that is already there and type +2mm or -2mm (depending on which direction you need it to move and where your origin is). Press enter. Thatâs it - The system will do the math for you in that box (even youâre in inches, since appending mm to the end tells LightBurn you want the 2 to be in mm).
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