Re: snap to a grid or to another close element

Ric Barline · Post by **Ric Barline** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:11 am

I have a question dealing with constraining element endpoints to snap
to a grid or to another close element. What I am finding is that when
moving elements by selecting a reference point with the cursor, I can
get very close to my desired location, but still off by a few
hundredths of an inch. I would like the program to just snap to the
closest corner or endpoint. I have read the manual but can't find how
to do this. I see something called "Snap to grid" on page 84, but this
menu item does not appear under the Options menu in my version of
CADintosh. Any ideas?

RowlandCarson · Post by **RowlandCarson** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:11 am

At 2009-02-09 15:10 -0800 Ric Barline wrote:

>I have a question dealing with constraining element endpoints to snap
>to a grid or to another close element. What I am finding is that when
>moving elements by selecting a reference point with the cursor, I can
>get very close to my desired location, but still off by a few
>hundredths of an inch. I would like the program to just snap to the
>closest corner or endpoint

Ric - there are 4 icons at the right-hand end of the strip at the
bottom left of the CADintosh window. Whichever one of these is
selected controls the "snap-to" behaviour. You can click on one to
select it or just use the tab key to move between them.

The first one is no snap, which may be what you've got now.

The second one is snap to a line intersection.

The third one is snap to the end or the middle of a line.

The 4th one which I use most is auto-snap which highlights (with a
red circle & crosshairs) any significant point nearby. You may have
to zoom in to get the exact point you want if there are many elements
close together.

>I see something called "Snap to grid" on page 84, but this
>menu item does not appear under the Options menu in my version of
>CADintosh

The manual does not match your version! I see the same in my manual,
whichis for V5.3, but I'm running CADintosh 6.0.1. Apparently the
manual is lagging the software a bit.

Hope this helps

regards

Rowland
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Ric Barline · Post by **Ric Barline** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:22 pm

Thanks Rowland. I tried what you suggested. and it worked! Many thanks!!! I wondered what these icons represented. I searched the manual and found on page 8 at the bottom the following:
2.1.28 Selection ModeThere are three selection modes:1. Freehand/Snap to Grid ( ) - The selection point will be the grid point nearest to your mouse-click.2. Intersect ( ) - The selection point will be the intersection of two objects.3. Middle/End ( ) - The selection point will be either the middle or the endpoint of an object, depending upon which is closer to the click point.
You are right that they are behind in the documentation, since it says nothing about the forth mode, "automatic mode".

Ric Barline · Post by **Ric Barline** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:10 am

I just read the document "CADintosh Introduction.pdf" and there on
page 5 it explains a little about these buttons. It reads:
"You define the catch mode with the four boxes 11 to 14 on the right.
Click the right-hand box of the four (14) if it has not been selected
yet."
They are referring to the four mode setting tools that you talked
about. So it appears that the manual is out of date but the
Introduction is up to date.

thorstenlemke · Post by **thorstenlemke** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:03 am

Attachments :Re: [cadintoshmac] Re: snap to a grid or to another close element Hi,

Thanks. We will update that for the next release.

Thorsten

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I just read the document "CADintosh Introduction.pdf" and there on
page 5 it explains a little about these buttons. It reads:
"You define the catch mode with the four boxes 11 to 14 on the right.
Click the right-hand box of the four (14) if it has not been selected
yet."
They are referring to the four mode setting tools that you talked
about. So it appears that the manual is out of date but the
Introduction is up to date.





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RowlandCarson · Post by **RowlandCarson** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:45 am

At 2009-02-11 09:03 +0100 Thorsten Lemke wrote:

>We will update that for the next release

Thorsten - any idea of timescale for that? I have found a number of
problems with v6.0.1 that I should have reported before now, but have
been too busy getting things done to bother.

I'll try to collect my memories and let you have my feedback as soon
as I can, so that you can have an opportunity to address them in the
next release.

regards

Rowland
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thorstenlemke · Post by **thorstenlemke** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:53 am

Attachments :Re: [cadintoshmac] Re: snap to a grid or to another close element Hello Rowland,

I have scheduled the next update for the end of February.

Thorsten

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At 2009-02-11 09:03 +0100 Thorsten Lemke wrote:

>We will update that for the next release

Thorsten - any idea of timescale for that? I have found a number of
problems with v6.0.1 that I should have reported before now, but have
been too busy getting things done to bother.

I'll try to collect my memories and let you have my feedback as soon
as I can, so that you can have an opportunity to address them in the
next release.

regards

Rowland
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