: Aligning 2 shapes using a side or two points in illustrator? Anyone know how to align 2 shapes using two points or one of the shapes side/path in Illustrator? I know there has to be an easy

@Gonzalez368

turn on Smart Guides and Snap to Point
assuming both shapes are grouped, click on shape 2 with the Black Arrow (V)





grab the Group Selection Tool (White Arrow with the Plus sign) and Click and Drag on Anchor A...





...and drop it right on top of Anchor B (press Ctrl before releasing the mouse to help snapping)





grab the Rotate Tool (R), click on Anchor A to set the rotation point, then click and drag on Anchor C towards Anchor D...





...and drop it right on top of it (press Ctrl before releasing the mouse to help snapping).

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@Jennifer810

Looking at your sample, my immediate reaction is that Illustrator is the wrong tool for the job. It (inexplicably, and in my opinion inexcusably) lacks the kind of snapping functionality you need. You'd be better to create these outlines in a CAD tool, which would make this kind of alignment easy.

Once you have your completed outline, save as a .dwg and bring that into Illustrator to add color, text, and whatever other work is needed to get it ready for printing.

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@Nimeshi706

The easiest way to do this with an equal triangle is to use Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform

Draw one triangle, select it and choose Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform from the menu. Set the origin point to the top middle, set the # of copies to 1, and set the angle to 60° (to match the angle of the side).



Click OK then simply choose Object > Expand Appearance to separate the effect into two triangles. And then recolor.



You could also increase the # of copies to get more triangles...



Note, this assumes the triangle is an Isosceles triangle (having at least 2 equal sides).

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@Cugini998

Are you trying to make a pattern like a line of triangles with the same distance between each triangle? If so you can take the first triangle and convert it to a s brush and set the distance between each triable.

If you are trying to align 2 shapes side by side at the exact same x or y axis select the shapes and at the top of your screen there will be options to alingn the shapes. The one you might use if aligning ot the left would be horizontal align left. Not e you can also align points of the shape if you just want parts of the shape to line up. just select the point with the white selection arrow instead of the black arrow to do that.

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