An anchor point is a point of element that specifies the element location on a layout. The X and Y properties set coordinates exactly for this point. This point is used for aligning the element to grid points as well.
Element type | Anchor point location |
Polyline | First vertex (in order of addition) |
Polygon | First vertex (in order of addition) |
Rectangle | Upper-left corner of rectangle |
Ellipse | Ellipse center |
Circle | Circle center |
Map symbol | Map symbol base point |
Text | Upper-left corner of bounding orthogon |
Raster | Raster upper-left corner |
Theme | Theme upper-left corner |
Legend | Legend upper-left corner |
Scale | Scale upper-left corner |
Chart | Chart upper-left corner |
Table | Table upper-left corner |
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