Plugin 01 · Essentials
Align & Distribute
Fourteen commands: align to an edge or centre line, space evenly or by an exact gap, snap to the drawing grid.
14 commands · Arrange panel · AutoCAD® 2025+ software · perpetual license
Overview
What it does
- Align to left, right, top, bottom, or centres: one click from the ribbon
- Distribute evenly, or with an exact gap between objects
- Snap object centres to the drawing grid with MDALIGNGRID
- Ribbon, right-click menu, or command line, with autocomplete icons
Run every command from the Arrange panel on the shared MD Automation ribbon tab, from the right-click menu, or by typing it, with the autocomplete icons built into AutoCAD software.
In detail
How it earns its place.
Align to any edge or centre line
Six one-click commands plus an interactive MDALIGN that prompts for the edge. Nothing is reshaped: objects are only moved, so geometry, scale and rotation come through untouched.
Even spacing, or an exact gap
MDDISTRIBUTE spaces object centres evenly between the two outermost objects. MDDISTRIBUTEGAP lays them out edge to edge with the gap you type, whatever the size of each object.
Snap to the drawing grid
MDALIGNGRID moves each object’s centre to the nearest snap point, using the drawing’s own SNAPBASE and SNAPUNIT. Useful for tidying a layout that drifted off-grid.
Align & Distribute
A direct download is not published yet. The plugin remains available on the Autodesk App Store.
$99 CAD one-time: perpetual license, one machine, works offline.
See pricingInstalling
Install it in a minute
- 01
Close AutoCAD software, run the installer
Its files are locked while AutoCAD software is open, so close it first.
- 02
Trust the publisher, once
On first launch, AutoCAD software shows a security warning naming MD Automation as the publisher. Click Always Load: every MD plugin loads silently afterwards.
- 03
Start the trial
Run
MDLICENSEMANAGER, open the Plugins tab, click Start trial. 15 days, no account, no payment.
AutoCAD 2025+ software (64-bit Windows). Also on the Autodesk App Store: same build, published here the day it ships. All downloads.
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