Shifting Symbols

[Jim Smith]

It would be really nice if one could either "nudge" symbols within a wall, or move the symbol by a given distance. What I do now is use a rectangle of a give size to align symbols, this is too fussy. Any tips on how else to do this?

VW10 MAC G4 OS9.5

[jfmarch]

select the symbol and go the the object info palette. there you will see a button called 'Position..' there you can move a symbol precisly in x/y directions. it takes some getting used to, but it works pretty good. hope this helps...

[Jim Smith]

Thanks, for the post, but this is not really what I am talking about. Often a window, or a door, needs to be positioned in relation to something in a room, an opening in an opposite wall, a kitchen sink or another window. What you describe works well in rare cases. What I use now is a rectangle as a "place holder" to align the chosen symbols, the problem is, one must remember to "stack" the place holders ?behind? the wall and the symbol or the symbol ?jumps? out of the wall. To get the symbol to align precisely to the place holder is fussy (read: a pain in the @$$) it would be nice if the symbol within a wall would act similarly to a symbol before it has been inserted into a wall.