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System Options > Sketch > Relations/Snaps

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appearing immediately after the screen capture of the System Options - Sketch - Relations/Snaps dialog corresponds to the settings on that dialog.
titled Obsolete Enumerators contains enumerators that were formerly document-level snap-related enumerators but are now obsolete and replaced by the specified system-level snap-related enumerator.

Setting	Get/Set Methods	Return Value or <OnFlag>	Comment
Enable snapping	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchInference) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchInference, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to enable snapping
Snap to model geometry	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchInferFromModel) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchInferFromModel, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to display inferencing lines that relate to lines and vertices of underlying model when sketching on face of extruded part
Automatic relations	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchAutomaticRelations) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchAutomaticRelations, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to automatically create geometric relations when adding sketch entities
Sketch Snaps - End points and sketch points	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsPoints) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsPoints, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to snap to the end of the following sketch entities: lines, polygons, rectangles, parallelograms, fillets, arcs, parabolas, partial ellipses, splines, points, chamfers, and centerlines
Sketch Snaps - Center Points	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsCenterPoints) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsCenterPoints, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to snap to the center of the following sketch entities: circles, arcs, fillets, parabolas, and partial ellipses
Sketch Snaps - Mid-points	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsMidPoints) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsMidPoints, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to snap to the midpoints of lines, polygons, rectangles, parallelograms, fillets, arcs, parabolas, partial ellipses, splines, points, chamfers, and centerlines
Sketch Snaps - Quadrant Points	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsQuadrantPoints) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsQuadrantPoints, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to snap to the quadrants of circles, arcs, fillets, parabolas, ellipses, and partial ellipses
Sketch Snaps - Intersections	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsIntersections) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsIntersections, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to snap to the intersections of entities that meet or entities that intersect
Sketch Snaps - Nearest	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsNearest) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsNearest, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to support all entities; turn on 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; turn off to enable snaps only when the pointer is in the vicinity of the snap point
Sketch Snaps - Tangent	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsTangent) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsTangent, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies wither to snap to tangents on circles, arcs, fillets, parabolas, ellipses, partial ellipses, and splines
Sketch Snaps - Perpendicular	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsPerpendicular) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsPerpendicular, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to snap a line to another line
Sketch Snaps - Parallel	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsParallel) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsParallel, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to create a parallel entity to lines
Sketch Snaps - Horizontal/vertical lines	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsHVLines) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsHVLines, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to snap a line vertically to an existing horizontal sketch line, and horizontally to an existing vertical sketch line
Sketch Snaps - Horizontal/vertical to points	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsHVPoints) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsHVPoints, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to snap a line vertically or horizontally to an existing sketch point
Sketch Snaps - Length	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsLength) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsLength, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to snap to lines to the increments that are set by the grid, without requiring display of the grid
Sketch Snaps - Grid	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsGrid) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsGrid, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to snap sketch entities to the grid's vertical and horizontal divisions; this is the only sketch snap that is not active by default; replaces the now obsolete document-level Boolean swSnapToPoints
Sketch Snaps - Snap only when grid is displayed	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapToGridIfDisplayed) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapToGridIfDisplayed, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to only snap to the grid when it is displayed; replaces the now obsolete document-level Boolean enumerator swSnapOnlyIfGridSplayed
Sketch Snaps - Angle	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsAngle) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchSnapsAngle, <OnFlag>)	Boolean value	Specifies whether to snap to angles; replaces the now obsolete document-level Boolean enumerator swSnapToAngle
Sketch Snaps - Snap angle	ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceDoubleValue( swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swSketchSnapsAngleValue) ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceDoubleValue( swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swSketchSnapsAngleValue, <Value>)	Double value	Specifies angle to which to snap; replaces the now obsolete document-level double enumerator swSnapToAngleValue

Obsolete Enumerators

Enumerator	Comment
swSnapOnlyIfGridDisplayed	Obsolete; formerly a document-level Boolean enumerator that specified to snap to grid if swGridDisplay was turned on; replaced by the system-level Boolean swSketchSnapToGridIfDisplayed
swSnapToAngle	Obsolete; formerly a document-level Boolean enumerator that specified whether sketched lines snap to predefined angle; replaced by the system-level Boolean swSketchSnapsAngle
swSnapToAngleValue	Obsolete; formerly a document-level double enumerator that specified angle to which sketched lines should snap; double value; replaced by the system-level double enumerator swSketchSnapsAngleValue
swSnapToPoints	Obsolete; formerly a document-level Boolean enumerator that specified whether points snap to grid; replaced by the system-level Boolean enumerator swSketchSnapsGrid

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