How to disable auto arrange in network atlas

This is before adding object
https://ibb.co/RgJmqZ1

This is after adding object and moving it
https://ibb.co/QK99RZy

Not wanting to be the devils advocate, I personally would start moving to Orion Maps instead of Network Atlas. The depreciation notice is set and it will eventually be removed.

https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/release_notes/orion_platform_2020-2_release_notes.htm#Deprecat

other than that I can’t recall that I ever seen this behavior when creating Maps in Network Atlas…

Orion maps is way better than network atlas. You can always switch off snap to grid completely in network atlas. I often used to do that.

I am starting to figure out Orion Maps and this video is a great starting point IMO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1VlIvAfdo

martian_monster - perhaps you meant this lab episode -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA87jwFrrYg&list=PLSAG2TJPvS5YIsM2X2lhdv5DTbR4HZGoC&index=7&t=1065s

This can also be helpful - https://thwack.solarwinds.com/product-forums/the-orion-platform/f/forum/3447/orion-platform---2020-2---an-orion-map-to-success

I do like that one as well and have used some if it to setup dashboards but I thought Lab #93 gives you a good basic example of creating a dashboard.  Heck they are all very informative!!!

We should organise a live twitch session on dashboards sometime. I love messing with images and designing dashboards based around the old bitmap brothers art. Anyone remember Gods? "Into the wonderful" and Magic Pockets? And Speedball 2? The new Orion maps open up so many possibilities and it makes me happy.

This would be a useful feature request. I would also like SolarWinds to be able to understand rubbish architecture diagrams, make sense of them and work out which nodes are relevant and apply suitable thresholds based upon the application, then we wouldn't need an app team to tell us.