Snap

Set snap spacing

Specifies the distance the cursor moves:

• Enter a single number to specify the spacing between snap points
• Pick a point, or else enter x,y coordinates to show the snap spacing; prompts you:
  Second point - (pick another point, or enter x,y coordinates.)

snap ON

Turns on snap in the current viewport, and so the cursor's movement jumps by the snap increment, with some exceptions:

• Snap must be turned on in each viewport separately
• When DRAGSNAP is off, snap is only in effect during drawing and editing commands; when DRAGSNAP is on, the cursor also snaps when no command is active.
• When SNAPSTYL is on, the cursor snaps instead to the isometric grid
• When the SNAPTYPE variable = 1, the cursor snaps instead to the polar (radial) distance specified by the POLARDIST variable.
• When the SNAPTYPE variable = 2, the cursor's snap distance is adjusted by the AdapticeGripdStepSize variable.

snap OFf

Turns off snap.

Rotate

Rotates the snap grid; prompts you:

1. Base point for snap grid - (specify the point about which the snap grid rotates; pick a point or enter x,y coordinates.)

2. Rotation angle - (specify the angle to which to rotate the snap grid.)

This option also rotates the grid, the crosshair cursor, and the orthographic axes. It does not affect the WCS or the UCS icon.

snap Style

Toggles between standard and isometric style; prompts you:

[Standard/Isometric] <Standard> - (enter an option:)

• Standard - rectangular snap distances
• Isometric - sets grid, snap distance and crosshair cursor to the current isometric plane (determined by the SNAPISOPAIR variable), and adds the Isocircle option to the Ellipse command.

Aspect

Specifies the snap spacing independently in the x and y directions; creates a rectangular snap grid. Prompts you:

1. Horizontal spacing - (specify the space between snap points in the x direction.)

2. Vertical spacing - (specify the space between snap points in the y direction.)

On

Turns on snap.

Off

Turns off snap.

Settings

Opens the Snap/Grid section of the Settings dialog box:

Snap angle - sets the angle of the snap, grid display, and ortho mode in the current viewport, relative to the current UCS.

Snap base - specifies the x,y-coordinates about which the snap rotates.

Snap isometric pair - specifies the current isometric plane (requires Snap Style to be set to Isometric Snap; see the Isometric command):

• Left - left isometric plane
• Top - top isometric plane
• Right - right isometric plane

Snap mode - toggles snap mode:

• On - turns on snap
• Off - turns off snap

Snap style - specifies the snap style; click the droplist and choose one:

• Rectangular snap - regular snap mode
• Isometric snap - isometric mode

Snap type - specifies the snap type; click the droplist and choose one:

• Grid snap - uses distances along the x and y axes
• Polar snap - uses relative distance and angle

Snap unit - specifies the snap increment distance:

• X - spacing in the x direction
• Y - spacing in the y direction

There is no snap in the z direction.