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The Draft Snap Special option snaps to special points defined by the object. The supported objects are Arch Walls, Arch Structures and Arch Equipment.

Snapping the second point of a line to the special point of an Arch Wall, which is a vertex of its Base object

For general information about snapping see Draft Snap.

Make sure snapping is enabled. See Draft Snap Lock.
If Draft Snap Special is not active do one of the following:
- Press the Draft Snap Special button in the Draft Snap toolbar.
- Press the button in the Draft snap widget and in the menu select the Snap Special option.
Choose a Draft or Arch command to create your geometry.
Note that you can also change snap options while a command is active.
Move the cursor over a supported object.
The object is highlighted.
If a special point is found the point is marked and the icon is displayed near the cursor.
If the object has multiple special points: optionally move the cursor closer to another special point.
Click to confirm the point.

Drafting: Line, Polyline, Fillet, Arc, Arc by 3 points, Circle, Ellipse, Rectangle, Polygon, B-spline, Cubic Bézier curve, Bézier curve, Point, Facebinder, ShapeString, Hatch
Annotation: Text, Dimension, Label, Annotation styles, Annotation scale
Modification: Move, Rotate, Scale, Mirror, Offset, Trimex, Stretch, Clone, Array, Polar array, Circular array, Path array, Path link array, Point array, Point link array, Edit, Subelement highlight, Join, Split, Upgrade, Downgrade, Wire to B-spline, Draft to sketch, Set slope, Flip dimension, Shape 2D view

Draft Tray: Select plane, Set style, Toggle construction mode, AutoGroup
Snapping: Snap lock, Snap endpoint, Snap midpoint, Snap center, Snap angle, Snap intersection, Snap perpendicular, Snap extension, Snap parallel, Snap special, Snap near, Snap ortho, Snap grid, Snap working plane, Snap dimensions, Toggle grid

Miscellaneous: Apply current style, Layer, Manage layers, Add a new named group, Move to group, Select group, Add to construction group, Toggle normal/wireframe display, Create working plane proxy, Heal, Show snap toolbar
Additional: Constraining, Pattern, Preferences, Import Export Preferences, DXF/DWG, SVG, OCA, DAT
Context menu:
- Layer container: Merge layer duplicates, Add new layer
- Layer: Activate this layer, Select layer contents
- Text: Open hyperlinks
- Wire: Flatten
- Working plane proxy: Write camera position, Write objects state

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 # Choose a [[Draft_Module|Draft]] or [[Arch_Module|Arch]] command to create your geometry.
 # Note that you can also change snap options while a command is active.
-# Move the pointer over a supported object.
+# Move the cursor over a supported object.
 # The object is highlighted.
-# If a special point is found the point is marked and the [[Image:Draft_Snap_Special.svg|16px]] icon is displayed near the pointer.
+# If a special point is found the point is marked and the [[Image:Draft_Snap_Special.svg|16px]] icon is displayed near the cursor.
-# If the object has multiple special points: optionally move the pointer closer to another special point.
+# If the object has multiple special points: optionally move the cursor closer to another special point.
 # Click to confirm the point.