In this example you will see how to align all the buildings on your map to nearby roads. The tool will select point features within a certain distance of linear features and rotate the points to the angle of the lines.

To do so, open the Align Marker to Stroke or Fill tool. This tool is located in the Symbolization Refinement toolset. Choose BuildingP layer.lyr for the Input Features With Marker Representations parameter and RoadL layer.lyr for the Input Features With Stroke Or Fill Representations parameter. Type “5” for Search Distance. Make sure Points are set as the unit of measurement and PERPENDICULAR is set for the optional Marker Orientation parameter. Click OK to run the tool.

You can also run this tool to align the building points near HydroL features to the streams and rivers.