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Sketch Snaps |
Tool |
Description |
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End points and sketch points |
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Snaps to the end of the following sketch entities: lines, polygons,
rectangles, parallelograms, fillets, arcs, parabolas, partial ellipses,
splines, points, chamfers, and centerlines. Snaps to the center of arcs. |
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Center Points |
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Snaps to the center of the following sketch entities: circles, arcs,
fillets, parabolas, and partial ellipses. |
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Mid-points |
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Snaps to the midpoints of lines, polygons, rectangles, parallelograms,
fillets, arcs, parabolas, partial ellipses, splines, points, chamfers,
and centerlines. |
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Quadrant Points |
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Snaps to the quadrants of circles, arcs, fillets, parabolas, ellipses,
and partial ellipses. |
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Intersections |
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Snaps to the intersections of entities that meet or entities that intersect. |
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Nearest |
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Supports all entities. Clear Nearest,
to enable all snaps. Your pointer does not need to be in the immediate
vicinity of another sketch entity to show inference or snap to that point.
Select Nearest, and snaps are
enabled only when the pointer is in the vicinity of the snap point. |
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Tangent |
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Snaps to tangents on circles, arcs, fillets, parabolas, ellipses, partial
ellipses, and splines. |
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Perpendicular |
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Snaps a line to another line. |
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Parallel |
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Creates a parallel entity to lines. |
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Horizontal/vertical lines |
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Snaps a line vertically to an existing horizontal sketch line, and horizontally
to an existing vertical sketch line. |
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Horizontal/vertical to
points |
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Snaps a line vertically or horizontally to an existing sketch point. |
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Length |
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Snaps lines to the increments that are set by the grid, without requiring
display of the grid.
 To enable Length
snaps, press and hold Shift while
sketching.
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Grid |
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Snaps sketch entities to the grid’s vertical and horizontal divisions.
This is the only sketch snap that is not active by default.
If Grid
snap is cleared, it never snaps to grid. If Grid
snap is selected: Only
snaps to grid if Snap only when grid
is displayed is selected. Always
snaps to grid (even if the grid is not displayed) if Snap
only when grid is displayed is cleared.
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Angle |
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Snaps to angles. To set the degrees, click Tools,
Options, System
Options, Sketch, select
Relations/Snaps, and set a value
for Snap angle. |