Distance snapping

Tool

Tool set

Shortcut

Snap to Distance

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Snapping palette

E

When snap to distance snapping is on, the SmartCursor finds points at a selected distance along a straight or curved line, polygon edges, wall edges, and other linear objects.

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To activate distance snapping:

1.      Click the tool.

2.To change settings, if needed, double-click the tool, or select Tools > SmartCursor Settings.

The SmartCursor Settings dialog box opens.

3.From the Distance tab, specify the distance snap settings using a fraction, percentage, or a dimensional distance. Select Multiple Divisions to repeat snap points along a line. For example, the SmartCursor can snap every quarter inch, or every 1/8 of the length of the line.

The SmartCursor measures from each endpoint to the center of the line. If a line is 10 units long and the distance is set to 6 units, the distance will not be found at all, since it is longer than half a line. Similarly, any fraction greater than 1/2 the length of the object or less than 0 cannot be used.

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SmartCursor cues

Setting snapping parameters

Drawing with snapping

 

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