0	None (temporarily)
1	Endpoint
2	Midpoint
4	Center point of arcs and circles
8	Node (insertion point of text, blocks, attribute definitions, and anonymous blocks such as dimensioning and hatching)
16	Quadrants of arcs and circles
32	Intersection point
64	Insertion point
128	Perpendicular to
256	Tangent to
512	Nearest point on entity
1024	Clears all entity snap settings
2048	Apparent intersection
4096	Extension
8192	Parallel

For example, a value of:

33 activates Endpoint (bit code 1) and Intersection (bit code 32) entity snap modes.
37 (default) activates Endpoint, Center, and Intersection entity snap modes.
16383 activates all entity snap modes.
16384 deactivates all entity snap modes.

Properties

Status	Read / Write
Type	Integer
Default	37
Saved	In the user's profile

Related Commands

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Search 'SetESnpMode' in the SOLIDWORKS Knowledge Base.

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