topic Re: Snapping to reference lines in AutoCAD Forum

Snapping to reference lines

plyleraaron — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:12:25 GMT

Im new to autocad, and one really annoying aspect with dimensioning is the snapping with reference lines. I will draw a line over to specify the distance, then I hover over the end point for the reference line, then I go up to the horizontal line, but it doesnt snap to the reference line, which makes the measurement wrong. Is there any way for me to snap to that reference line, or re-dimension the line like you can in inventor?

Re: Snapping to reference lines

pendean — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:19:10 GMT

do you have the 2020.1.2 updated installed yet? It is required.
And which running osnaps do you have on?

Re: Snapping to reference lines

plyleraaron — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:28:49 GMT

Autocad is up to date. I was messing around with the snapping, and found that nearest is what was causing that, but then turning that off, I cant just hover near a line and have it snap right to it. I'd rather have it off since it was messing up my dimensions. I would be easier if I could roughly draw a line, then set it a distance away from another line, sorta like inventor.

Re: Snapping to reference lines

vinodkl — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 04:07:09 GMT

Not sure if I understood your question, does turning on object snap tracking (toggle on/off with F11 key) works for you?

Re: Snapping to reference lines

ennujozlagam — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 04:26:27 GMT

in the command prompt type DDOSNAP and set your setting. thanks

Re: Snapping to reference lines

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:23:22 GMT

There really isn't a (good) way to do rough sketches and then parametricaly constrain them to size/shape/relative position in AutoCAD as there is in Inventor. AutoCAD does have parametric capabilities, but they don't work in quite the same way.

In AutoCAD it is best to "tell objects what size to be, and where to go" when you create them, rather than after the fact as you would in Inventor.

See this >Link< for more info on how parametrics work in AutoCAD

See this >Link< for more info on using Object Snap Tracking

Hope this helps.