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{{Caption|Snapping the second point of a line to the circle, at the 45° angle on the edge. The image superimposes all possible snapping locations, indicated by small hollow circles.}}
{{Caption|Snapping the second point of a line to the -30° point on a circular edge. The small magenta circles indicate all available snap locations.


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Revision as of 11:00, 2 August 2021

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Draft Snap Angle

Menu location
None
Workbenches
Draft, Arch
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Draft Snap, Draft Snap Lock

Description

The Draft Snap Angle option snaps to the special cardinal points on circular edges, at multiples of 30° and 45°. The edges can belong to Draft or Arch objects but also to objects created with other workbenches.

This snap option currently only works properly for circular edges on a plane parallel to the XY plane of the global coordinate system, the angles are relative to that plane.

{{Caption|Snapping the second point of a line to the -30° point on a circular edge. The small magenta circles indicate all available snap locations.

Usage

For general information about snapping see Draft Snap.

  1. Make sure snapping is enabled. See Draft Snap Lock.
  2. If Draft Snap Angle is not active do one of the following:
  3. Choose a Draft or Arch command to create your geometry.
  4. Note that you can also change snap options while a command is active.
  5. Move the cursor over a circular edge.
  6. The edge is highlighted.
  7. If a cardinal point is found the point is marked and the icon is displayed near the cursor.
  8. Optionally move the cursor closer to another cardinal point to select that point instead.
  9. Click to confirm the point.

Preferences

See Draft Snap.