Snapping to vertex

[Ho Sai5C96]

Hellow all,

     Do anyone knows how to snap to a vertex of two polygons?  I find it difficult to do! 

[Barbara Ash]

Turning on Smart Guides under the View menu will help.

[Barbara Ash · Accepted solution]

A workaround would be to draw one polygon. Select it and note the height of the polygon.

Choose Object > Transform > Move. Enter the height measurement and click Copy.

Select both objects and rotate to the angle that you need.

[Ho Sai5C96]

Than you so much for your help!  Can your method snap the corner vertices together?  Because the two pologons are adjacent faces of an object, I need to snap them precisely and paint a scene across them.  I know AutoCAD can do it, but wonder if illustrator can do the same thing.   

Numerous thanks!

[Barbara Ash · Accepted solution]

I have found that usually it is easier to align objects when they are straight, rather than rotated. For example, if you wanted to snap the corners like this:

You could select both objects. Click on the object that you don't want to move (the key object). It will get a thicker line around it.

In the Align panel, if you click Horizontal Distribute Space with the spacing at zero, the objects will touch at the corners.