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
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You can use snapping to snap your cursor to features while drawing or moving objects.
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To toggle the object snapping, click the Enable snapping in the top right of the window. To toggle different types of snapping, click the
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To temporarily enable snapping, hold the Ctrl key. Snapping is automatically enabled when drawing Curves.
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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.
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Tip help appears when you point to a snap target. Click when the tip help is visible to snap accurately.
Snap target Tip help Control-Vertex CV Curve Curve, Beginning, End, Middle, Closest, Intersection, X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, ZX, Center, 1/4, 3/4, Tan/Tan Region Region, Center Edge Edge, End, Middle Face Face, Center -
You can execute the object snapping in the Command Palette; Snaps: toggle snap snapping.
Sketch Tips
- To draw a sketch accurately, please refer to Sketching Tips.