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Snapping
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| Mode | Info |
|---|---|
| Allows for the crosshair to move freely while other snap modes are enabled. Commands: os, sf | |
| Snap to a grid intersection. Command: sg | |
| Snap to the endpoints of a line segment, the quadrants of a circle, a point, or the alignment point of a text or mtext object. Command: se | |
| Snap to the path of an entity. Commands: np, sn | |
| Snap to the center of a circle or ellipse. It will also snap to the foci of an ellipse. Command: sc | |
| Snap to the middle of a path. Enabling this mode displays a "Middle points" input. If you change the value to 2 then you can snap to the trisection points of a line segment. Command: sm | |
| If you snap to the endpoint of a line segment then activate 'snap distance' and input 50, then it will snap to a point 50 units from the endpoint on the line segment. However, it will also snap to a point that is 50 units from the other endpoint. Command: sd | |
| Snap to the intersection of two entities. This does not currently work for polylines. Command: si | |
| On: only one snap mode is allowed Off: multiple snap modes are allowed The snap modes are remembered in each state. |
| Action | Tool | Commands |
|---|---|---|
| RestrictNothing | Restrict Nothing | rn |
| RestrictOrthogonal | Restrict Orthogonal | rr |
| RestrictHorizontal | Restrict Horizontal | rh |
| RestrictVertical | Restrict Vertical | rv |