Line Snap

[Anonymous]

Hi im using Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012. When I'm drawing with the line tool it won't snap into place with another line with the green dot like it use to. How can i fix this??

Thanks 

[JDMather]

Post screen  capture of your Constraint Options, Constraint Persistence and Constraint Inference settings.

[Anonymous]

I tried those and im still not getting it to snap with the green dot.. any other ideas?

thanks

[JDMather]

Attach the ipt file that exhibits this behavior.
Attach screen shots as suggested earlier.

[JDMather]

I don't see any constraints.
No horizontal, no vertical, no perpendicular.....

The only constraint is the projected origin done automatically by Inventor.

Post those screen shots requested earier.

[JDMather]

I just noticed that your lines are exact dimensions - but there are no dimensions on the sketch?
How did you do that?
Why did you erase the dimensions?
You aren't using AutoCAD as your sketcher are you?  If, so - why haven't you stated that?
This is turning into a game of 20-questions.

[Anonymous]

not sure how to post screen shots? my problem is one line won't snap to another which always showed up with a green dot. thats what i was trying to fix if possible??

[JDMather]

Why do you have so many profiles in 1 sketch?

Looks like you are trying to do front and side views in one sketch?
Inventor is a 3D modeling program.

[Anonymous]

Its not just this one drawing my problem is in all of them. If you try and draw a shape with the line tool one line won't snap to the other which always shows up with a green dot. If you try to draw with the line tool in my attachment the lines won't snap to one another. thats what i want to try and fix

[JDMather]

Works fine with your file on my machine?
Post screen shots of your Constraint Persistence and Constraint Options settings.

[JDMather]

You never explained what happened to your sketch dimensions?
Where did they go?

[JDMather]

I dimension your sketch and the numbers come out perfect to 7 decimal places.
How did you do that?
The "views" seem to be perfectly aligned.
How did you do that?
Why multiple "views"?

[Anonymous]

still not sure how to take screen shots.. would the settings be the same from the attachment i sent you? i had the same problem with one of my friends too a file on my computer wonldn't snap but if i sent him the same file with a USB he could get on the file and snap one line to another on his computer.

[Anonymous]

I figured it out lad thanks for your help.

[JDMather]

The problem is a system variable - not specific to file.
To do screen shots hit Alt Print Screen and then Ctrl V to paste into MS Paint.

You might want to read this document http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/skillsusa%20university.pdf

What did you figure out?
Still curious - what happened to your dimensions?

[Anonymous]

Wow, he was asking you how to enable Line snap and you kept asking him about dimentions... That has nothing to do with that.

I have to computers at home and on one the line snap works but the other machine it doesn't, and I have no idea why. OP how did you enabled your line snap?

[Anonymous]

Nvm, changed some options, restarted inventor and it works now.