Grid and Snap

Grid

  • The grid is displayed on the active construction plane. You can specify the grid unit and size in the preferences.
  • You can use grid snapping to snap your cursor to the grid while drawing or moving objects.
  • To toggle grid snapping, click Snap to grid in the top right of the window. To specify the grid size, change the value under Snap to grid.
  • To temporarily turn off grid snapping, hold Ctrl while dragging.
  • You can execute the grid snapping in the Command Palette; Grid: toggle grid snapping, Viewport: decrease grid size, Viewport: increase grid size.

Object Snap

  • You can use snapping to snap your cursor to features while drawing or moving objects.

  • To toggle the object snapping, click the Enable snapping in the top right of the window. To toggle different types of snapping, click the button-types-of-snapping and adjust the options.

  • To temporarily enable snapping, hold the Ctrl key. Snapping is automatically enabled when drawing Curves.

  • You can snap to points on various types of objects: Control-Vertex, Curve, Region, Edge, and Face. A snap target appears as a small black dot.

  • Tip help appears when you point to a snap target. Click when the tip help is visible to snap accurately.

    Snap targetTip help
    Control-VertexCV
    CurveCurve, Beginning, End, Middle, Closest, Intersection, X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, ZX, Center, 1/4, 3/4, Perpendicular, Tangent, Tan/Tan
    RegionRegion, Center
    EdgeEdge, End, Middle
    FaceFace, Center
  • You can execute the object snapping in the Command Palette; Snaps: toggle snap snapping.

Sketch Tips