The properties of any shape can be modified by double clicking on the shape. This will open a property dialog that contains the dimensions and location of the shape. This dialog may also be opened by selecting a shape and choosing the Properties menu command from the Edit menu or the Properties command from the right-click context sensitive menu.

This dialog also lets you reposition shapes by specifying the location of an anchor point on the shape. This makes it easy to align shapes to other shapes within the section. The anchor point you choose is moved to the location you enter in this dialog.. For example, if you wanted to move a plate to just sit on top of the top flange of a beam, you would double click on the plate, choose the anchor point to be Bottom-Centre and set the x coordinate to zero and the y coordinate to the height of the top of the flange of the beam.