View > Snapping > Snap to Objects
View > Snapping > Snap to Objects
Use this menu option to toggle snapping to objects on or off. Snapping is enabled by default.
Using snapping, you can align a vector relative to another
vector on any visible layer or guideline shown in the 2D or 3D view.1Ensure the vector layer's Toggle
Snapping button is also enabled
.
With snapping enabled, the cursor changes when it snaps to any of the following places:
- Anywhere along a vector. This is shown by the cursor
changing to
.
- A node in another vector. This is shown by the cursor
changing to
.
- The mid of a linear or arc span within another vector. This
is shown by the cursor changing to
.
- The centre of another vector, defined by a bounding box.
This is shown by the cursor changing to
.
- The point at which two guidelines intersect. This is shown
by the cursor changing to
.
- The point at which a vector and a guideline intersect. This
is shown by the cursor changing to
.
- A horizontal guideline. This is shown by the cursor
changing to
.
- A vertical guideline. This is shown by the cursor changing
to
.
- Directly above or below the X co-ordinate of a polyline's
start node. This is shown by the
cursor changing to
.
- Directly above or below the Y co-ordinate of a polyline's
start node. This is shown by the
cursor changing to
.
- The point that is orthogonal to the polyline's start node
and the previous node. This is shown by the
cursor changing to
The
,
,
and cursors are only displayed when you are creating polylines.
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