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• Align
Using One Pair of Points

When you select only one source point and destination point pair, the selected objects move in 2D or 3D from the source point (1) to the destination point (2).

Type align on the command line and push the enter button. Next click on the first point and then the second point and hit enter.

• Align
Using Two Pairs of Points

When you select two point pairs, you can move, rotate, and scale the selected objects in 2D or 3D to align with other objects.

The first set of source and destination points defines the base point for the alignment
(1, 2). The second set of points defines the angle of rotation
(3, 4).

Type align on the command line and push the enter button. Next click on the first point then the second point then the third point and then the fourth point and then hit enter.



After you enter the second set of points, you are prompted to scale the object. The distance between the first and second destination points (2, 4) is used as the reference length to which the object is scaled. Scaling is available only when you are aligning objects using two point pairs.

• Align
Using Three Pairs of Points

When you select three point pairs, you can move and rotate the selected objects in 3D to align with other objects.

The selected objects move from the source point (1) to the destination point (2).

Type align on the command line and push the enter button. Next click on the first point then the second point then the third point then the forth point then the fifth then the sixth point and then hit enter.

The selected object is rotated (1 and 3) so that it aligns with the destination object
(2 and 4).

The selected object is then rotated again (3 and 5) so that it aligns with the destination object (4 and 6).

An xref-dependent named object's definition can change if the referenced drawing file is modified. For example, a layer name from a referenced drawing can change if the referenced drawing is modified. The layer name can even disappear if it is purged from the referenced drawing. This is why the program does not allow you to use an xref-dependent layer or other named object directly. For example, you cannot insert an xref-dependent block or make an xref-dependent layer the current layer and begin creating new objects on it.

To avoid the restrictions on xref-dependent named objects, you can bind them to your current drawing. Binding makes the xref-dependent named objects that you select become a permanent part of your current drawing.

When xref-dependent named objects are merged into a drawing through binding, you can use them the same way you use the drawing's own named objects. After you bind an xref-dependent named object, the vertical bar character ( | ) is removed from the name and replaced with two dollar signs ($$) separated by a number (usually zero): for example, the referenced layer, STAIR|STEEL, becomes STAIR$0$STEEL. You can then use the RENAME command to change STAIR$0$STEEL to STEEL.

If you specify a layer whose associated linetype is not CONTINUOUS, the referenced linetype is also bound. If you apply XBIND to a block, all named objects that are referenced by the objects in the block are also bound. If the block contains a reference to an xref, that xref and all of its dependent definitions are bound.