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Snaps are used to help you click on entities accurately.
Snaps are used to help you click on entities accurately.
Snaps appear when you are drawing or moving something and you hover your mouse near a Snap point.
Snaps appear when you are drawing or moving something and you hover your mouse near a Snap point.
There are different types of Snaps, some of which are shown in the image below.
There are different types of Snaps, some of which are shown in the image below.
Snap Settings
Snap Settings
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To access the Snap settings click on the 'Grid & Snaps' button which is located on the SETTINGS Ribbon.
NOTE: We will only be looking at the Snap settings on this page, for Grid settings click here.
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The following Grid & Snap Settings dialog will appear.
Snaps:
Snaps:
End Point - This Snap appears when you hover near the end of a Line, Polyline or corner of a rectangle, including Stands.
Mid Point - This Snap appears when you hover near the middle of a line or near the middle of a Stand edge.
Centre - This Snap appears when you hover near the centre of a Circle (including Circular Stands) or centres of Arcs.
Point / Origin - This Snap appears when you hover near a Point or the drawing Origin.
Quadrant- This Snap appears when you hover near the quadrant (top, bottom, left or right edge) of a Circle (including Circular Stands) or Arcs.
Intersection - This Snap appears when you hover over a junction where lines cross each other.
Insertion - This Snap appears when you hover over the insertion point of Text or Symbols.
Perpendicular - This Snap appears when you hover over a line that is at a right angle from the first point you selected.
Tangent - This Snap appears when you hover near a tangent point of a Circle (including Circular Stands) or Arc.
Nearest - This Snap appears when you hover near any entity. This snap can also be turned on / off using the button on the System Toolbar which is highlighted below:
Symbols - With this enabled, the above snaps will work as expected. When disabled, the only Snap that works when you hover over a symbol is the Insertion Snap.
Referenced Drawings (Imported DWGs) - With this enabled, the above snaps will work as expected. When disabled, the only Snap that works when you hover over a Referenced Drawing is the Insertion Snap.
NOTE: Disabling certain Snaps that are not needed can speed up your drawing, particularly the Symbols and Referenced Drawings Snaps.
Options:
Options:
Intellisnap - This is the spacing shown between each line/dot horizontally.
Angle Lock - This is the spacing shown between each line/dot vertically.
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