Snap to grid or in SEM builder?

[Matt Manierre]

I'm working on creating an SEM model and I want everything to line up nice and neatly. Using the preset latent variable clusters is nice for this, but not perfect since I want to line up several latent variables. Does stata have a snap to grid feature or something similar to the "arrange" function/ snap to orthogonal functions in graph editors like yEd?

[Kristin MacDonald (StataCorp)]

First you will need to select the variables that you would like to align. You can hold the Shift key while you click on these latent variables. Then from the SEM Builder menu, select Object > Align and choose the type of alignment you would like. You can follow this same process to select and align the corresponding observed measurement variables.