Dan Nigrin

Does Max have a setting somewhere that limits placement of objects (I care mostly about presentation mode) at only integer value coordinates? For exact (UI) object placement, I find myself always having to strip the portion of the coordinates after the decimal, if I use the mouse to place the object in question....

Does Max have a setting somewhere that limits placement of objects (I care mostly about presentation mode) at only integer value coordinates?  For exact (UI) object placement, I find myself always having to strip the portion of the coordinates after the decimal, if I use the mouse to place the object in question.... 

Does Max have a setting somewhere that limits placement of objects (I care mostly about presentation mode) at only integer value coordinates

force-placement-of-objects-at-only-integer-values

otherwise i would suppose that the arrow keys would move things to the next int.


it is all pixels for me(?) in 8.1

otherwise i would suppose that the arrow keys would move things to the next int.


Thanks Roman, but not always whole pixels for me - it sometimes becomes fractions of pixels. And when using an arrow key to move the object at that point, it increments by a whole value, but the fractional portion remains (e.g. if it was at 12.5 for the X value, and I press the right arrow, it becomes 13.5)

Thanks Roman, but not always whole pixels for me - it sometimes becomes fractions of pixels.  And when using an arrow key to move the object at that point, it increments by a whole value, but the fractional portion remains (e.g. if it was at 12.5 for the X value, and I press the right arrow, it becomes 13.5)

hm, i am not able to place anything between pixels, not even with "grid off"... except with scripting of course.

p.s.: not wait, in the thispatcher helpfile it "works". seems it only happens when there is already an object in the patch which once had float coordinates. you can also easily end up in floats when you autoalign to the right/bottom of some other objectbox or messagebox. 

but in a fresh patcher i can create and move everything only in int.


hm, i am not able to place anything between pixels, not even with "grid off"... except with scripting of course.

p.s.: not wait, in the thispatcher helpfile it "works". seems it only happens when there is already an object in the patch which once had float coordinates. you can also easily end up in floats when you autoalign to the right/bottom of some other objectbox or messagebox. 
but in a fresh patcher i can create and move everything only in int.




Try this in a fresh patcher. Make a bunch of objects, select them all, then try the Distribute function to space them out, either vertically or horizontally. Then take a look at some of the object's coordinates, I'm pretty sure you'll see fractional ones.

Anyway, still hoping for a setting, or perhaps a command/shift keypress or something when moving the objects, to force them to only use integer coordinates...

Try this in a fresh patcher.  Make a bunch of objects, select them all, then try the Distribute function to space them out, either vertically or horizontally.  Then take a look at some of the object's coordinates, I'm pretty sure you'll see fractional ones.

distribute function... no idea. why do people use that. :) 

let´s see... while i second your hope for a simple keyboard command, the only solution i see is to 

, near to an existing one, then you can align some of the others to this new one, then you can align the rest to each other.


distribute function... no idea. why do people use that. :) 

let´s see... while i second your hope for a simple keyboard command, the only solution i see is to create one new object, near to an existing one, then you can align some of the others to this new one, then you can align the rest to each other.


Force placement of objects at only integer values