topic Suddenly my cursor will not grab the endpoint of a line or allow me to snap that to any other point in AutoCAD Forum https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/suddenly-my-cursor-will-not-grab-the-endpoint-of-a-line-or-allow/m-p/12856843#M14006 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>Suddenly my cursor has stopped grabbing endpoints of lines.&nbsp; It also has stopped suddenly allowing me to drag endpoints to snap to other endpoints.&nbsp; I haven't changed any settings at all.&nbsp; This simply started happening today out of the blue.</P><P>Yes I've checked the snap options.&nbsp; Yes I've searched the Internet for an answer prior to posting.&nbsp; Yes I've made a short video.&nbsp; No this forum doesn't allow video.&nbsp; Here's a probably useless screenshot though.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="cad snap error.jpg" style="width: 811px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1379071iD2D5C681D9C6DA61/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="cad snap error.jpg" alt="cad snap error.jpg" /></span></P> Sun, 23 Jun 2024 23:02:37 GMT jadiemaze 2024-06-23T23:02:37Z Suddenly my cursor will not grab the endpoint of a line or allow me to snap that to any other point https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/suddenly-my-cursor-will-not-grab-the-endpoint-of-a-line-or-allow/m-p/12856843#M14006 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>Suddenly my cursor has stopped grabbing endpoints of lines.&nbsp; It also has stopped suddenly allowing me to drag endpoints to snap to other endpoints.&nbsp; I haven't changed any settings at all.&nbsp; This simply started happening today out of the blue.</P><P>Yes I've checked the snap options.&nbsp; Yes I've searched the Internet for an answer prior to posting.&nbsp; Yes I've made a short video.&nbsp; No this forum doesn't allow video.&nbsp; Here's a probably useless screenshot though.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="cad snap error.jpg" style="width: 811px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1379071iD2D5C681D9C6DA61/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="cad snap error.jpg" alt="cad snap error.jpg" /></span></P> Sun, 23 Jun 2024 23:02:37 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/suddenly-my-cursor-will-not-grab-the-endpoint-of-a-line-or-allow/m-p/12856843#M14006 jadiemaze 2024-06-23T23:02:37Z Re: Suddenly my cursor will not grab the endpoint of a line or allow me to snap that to any other point https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/suddenly-my-cursor-will-not-grab-the-endpoint-of-a-line-or-allow/m-p/12856885#M14007 <P>What version of AutoCAD, run About command, do a screenshot and share that here</P><P>Does this happen on all drawings or just one?</P><P>What is your Windows OS?</P> Sun, 23 Jun 2024 23:58:29 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/suddenly-my-cursor-will-not-grab-the-endpoint-of-a-line-or-allow/m-p/12856885#M14007 paullimapa 2024-06-23T23:58:29Z Re: Suddenly my cursor will not grab the endpoint of a line or allow me to snap that to any other point https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/suddenly-my-cursor-will-not-grab-the-endpoint-of-a-line-or-allow/m-p/12857743#M14008 <P><a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/15041492">@jadiemaze</a>&nbsp;,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>At the command line, type <STRONG>GRIPS</STRONG> and set to 2:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="ValentinWSP_0-1719225549004.png" style="width: 345px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1379243i19B22979E9171304/image-dimensions/345x64?v=v2" width="345" height="64" role="button" title="ValentinWSP_0-1719225549004.png" alt="ValentinWSP_0-1719225549004.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><UL><LI><STRONG><A href="https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2023/ENU/?guid=GUID-97AD30F3-A1A3-4027-91B7-49008841A447" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AutoCAD 2023 Help | GRIPS (System Variable) | Autodesk</A></STRONG></LI></UL><P>or Options</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="ValentinWSP_1-1719225803693.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1379245iA62E550B255752B3/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="ValentinWSP_1-1719225803693.png" alt="ValentinWSP_1-1719225803693.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:43:36 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/suddenly-my-cursor-will-not-grab-the-endpoint-of-a-line-or-allow/m-p/12857743#M14008 Valentin_CAD 2024-06-24T10:43:36Z Re: Suddenly my cursor will not grab the endpoint of a line or allow me to snap that to any other point https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/suddenly-my-cursor-will-not-grab-the-endpoint-of-a-line-or-allow/m-p/12857972#M14009 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/15041492">@jadiemaze</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /><P><SPAN>...Yes I've made a short video.&nbsp; No this forum doesn't allow video.&nbsp; Here's a probably useless screenshot though.</SPAN></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="cad snap error.jpg" style="width: 811px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1379071iD2D5C681D9C6DA61/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="cad snap error.jpg" alt="cad snap error.jpg" /></span></P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Figure out how to share the video (lots of file sharing options out there that are free) or post your actual DWG file instead along with screenshots of your AutoCAD's ABOUT and GRAPHICSCONFIG commands pop-ups please.</P> Mon, 24 Jun 2024 12:52:26 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/suddenly-my-cursor-will-not-grab-the-endpoint-of-a-line-or-allow/m-p/12857972#M14009 pendean 2024-06-24T12:52:26Z Re: Suddenly my cursor will not grab the endpoint of a line or allow me to snap that to any other point https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/suddenly-my-cursor-will-not-grab-the-endpoint-of-a-line-or-allow/m-p/12869169#M14010 <P>Thank you to everyone who replied.&nbsp; I closed and restarted the program and the issue disappeared.&nbsp; No idea what happened.</P> Sat, 29 Jun 2024 22:12:05 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/suddenly-my-cursor-will-not-grab-the-endpoint-of-a-line-or-allow/m-p/12869169#M14010 jadiemaze 2024-06-29T22:12:05Z Re: Suddenly my cursor will not grab the endpoint of a line or allow me to snap that to any other point https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/suddenly-my-cursor-will-not-grab-the-endpoint-of-a-line-or-allow/m-p/12869642#M14011 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/15041492">@jadiemaze</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /><P>I closed and restarted the program and the issue disappeared.&nbsp; No idea what happened.</P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>That should move up your list of trouble shooting steps to somewhere near the top. At least put it above posting to the forums.</P> Sun, 30 Jun 2024 10:19:37 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/suddenly-my-cursor-will-not-grab-the-endpoint-of-a-line-or-allow/m-p/12869642#M14011 RobRocks 2024-06-30T10:19:37Z