Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Ankit Prasad

Onur Onder

Daniel Altin

Hannes Helmut Ruescher

Jeffrey Chao-Nan Chen

Technologies are described herein for utilizing drawing guides in determining the display of smart guides in a drawing program. The drawing program detects that an active drawing object is being manipulated on a drawing canvas. The drawing program determines if one or more drawing guides are visible on the drawing canvas. Upon determining that one or more drawing guides are visible on the drawing canvas, the drawing program treats the drawing guides as drawing objects in determining the display of smart guides on the drawing canvas and the snap-to positioning of the active drawing object.

Utilizing drawing guides in determining the display of smart guides in a drawing program

Technologies are described herein for determining the display of equal spacing guides between diagram shapes. The nearest neighbors of each shape in a diagram are determined, and the distances between each shape and its nearest neighbors are calculated. When an active shape in the diagram is positioned or moved, spacing guides are displayed between shapes having equidistant spacing when the calculated distances between shapes become equal to a distance between the active shape and one of its nearest neighbors.

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