Enabling/Disabling line collision avoidance - Dorico Elements - 6.1

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Product
Dorico Elements
Version
6.1
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en-US
Document type
Webhelp
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You can change whether individual lines avoid collisions, which can affect automatic spacing calculations. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains.

Note

These steps do not apply to notehead-attached horizontal lines or horizontal lines placed inside the staff.

Prerequisite
  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • Graphic Editing is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

  • You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure
  1. In Engrave mode, select the lines whose collision avoidance you want to enable/disable.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate Avoid collisions in either the Horizontal Lines or Vertical Lines group.
  3. Activate/Deactivate the corresponding checkbox.
Result

The selected lines avoid collisions when the checkbox is activated, and do not avoid collisions when the checkbox is deactivated. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.

Example
Collision avoidance enabled
Collision avoidance disabled
After Completing This Task

You can move lines graphically in Engrave mode; for example, to accommodate accidentals.