Angular snapping of graphical objects in digital artboards

A system comprising:

• a processing device;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processing device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute program code stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium and thereby perform operations comprising:
• providing a graphical interface that displays an input graphic comprising a first reference graphical object and a second reference graphical object,
• computing a reference angle identifying an orientation of a target graphical object to be placed within the input graphic,
• defining a tolerance region that overlaps the target graphical object and extends along an axis parallel to the reference angle,
• determining that the first reference graphical object and the second reference graphical object are within the tolerance region,
• computing, for the target graphical object, a placement position on the axis, wherein the placement position is computed based on a distance between the first reference graphical object and the second reference graphical object, and
• updating the graphical interface by placing the target graphical object within the input graphic at the placement position.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code that is stored thereon, the program code executable by one or more processing devices for performing operations comprising:

• providing a graphical interface that displays an input graphic comprising a first reference graphical object and a second reference graphical object;
• computing a reference angle identifying an orientation of a target graphical object to be placed within the input graphic;
• defining a tolerance region that overlaps the target graphical object and extends along an axis parallel to the reference angle;
• determining that the first reference graphical object and the second reference graphical object are within the tolerance region;
• computing, for the target graphical object, a placement position on the axis, wherein the placement position is computed based on a distance between the first reference graphical object and the second reference graphical object;
• and
• updating the graphical interface by placing the target graphical object within the input graphic at the placement position.