topic Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working. in AutoCAD Forum

Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

ztrotterBUDRD — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 21:08:03 GMT

Hello, this started a few hours ago and I have scoured the internet unable to find answers. I was previously able to snap to each 90 degree angle while having a floating variation between the 90s but am now unable to. My cursor snaps to seemingly random points. I was able to go to a different drawing and get it to work, but I am not sure why its no longer working on this drawing even after restarting the program.

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

pendean — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 21:38:50 GMT

F9 key on your keyboard to toggle off SNAP perhaps?
Or you turned on ORTHO (F8 button) and you want to use POLAR (F10 button)?
Or did you rotate your UCS?

is this a problem in other files, or just this one?
Did you restart AutoCAD yet?

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

ztrotterBUDRD — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 13:14:28 GMT

Yes, I have checked and tried all of these. It is only in the one file and it still persists even after a full computer restart.

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

pendean — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:06:02 GMT

@ztrotterBUDRD wrote:

It is only in the one file

Time to fix the one file then: quickest method would be to INSERT it into a working-just-file template file, EXPLODE, then SAVEAS then test again. The problem might become more visible then too.

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

AllenJessup — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:27:25 GMT

Is it possible you're looking for Polar Tracking?

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

ztrotterBUDRD — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:33:38 GMT

Polar tracking is on and it was set to N so we set it to 45 which helps. However, the points are now snapping 45 degrees, but the 45 degree change is 7.281, 52.281, 97.281 degrees etc.

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

Patchy — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 16:27:07 GMT

go to dsettings and see if it snaps to 3d

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

ztrotterBUDRD — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 16:31:19 GMT

It was snapping to 3d, but now that it is disabled it is still snapping to those same angles after a restart.

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

Kent1Cooper — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 16:41:17 GMT

@ztrotterBUDRD wrote:

Polar tracking is on and it was set to N so we set it to 45 which helps. However, the points are now snapping 45 degrees, but the 45 degree change is 7.281, 52.281, 97.281 degrees etc.

Are those oddball angles what it shows at the cursor [with dynamic input turned on] while you're drawing with Polar mode on, or are they the angles of Lines drawn that way as displayed in the Properties palette?

If I am in a non-World Coordinate System, and draw something with Polar on, as I'm drawing, the indication of the direction I'm headed, at the cursor, is in polar-angle-multiple values such as 45°. But after I've drawn a Line that way, when I pick it, Properties shows its angle in WCS terms [oddball angles like what you describe, if the UCS's rotation is oddball], not in the current UCS's terms. Is that what's happening?

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

ztrotterBUDRD — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 16:46:36 GMT

Those are the numbers that show at the cursor, yes. You are hitting the nail on the head it shows the 45 in the properties(not something I even thought about) when I place it at the 7.281 it snaps to. Do you know the solution to fix this or will I need to google search?

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

Kent1Cooper — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 17:02:42 GMT

@ztrotterBUDRD wrote:
.... Do you know the solution to fix this ...?

UCS World

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

ztrotterBUDRD — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 17:10:40 GMT

I set UCS to world and it still did not fix it. It is still snapping to those points

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

Patchy — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 17:13:34 GMT

Wild shot, try SNAPANG = 0

or post your drawing here.

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

ztrotterBUDRD — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 17:24:19 GMT

Snapang did not fix it. I had to save a copy of the file so it does not have all my drawings in it, but the problem still persists

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

pendean — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 17:48:40 GMT

@ztrotterBUDRD wrote:

Snapang did not fix it. I had to save a copy of the file so it does not have all my drawings in it, but the problem still persists

Show us your issue in a video please

Also...

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

ztrotterBUDRD — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 19:25:35 GMT

I am unable to screen record, here are screenshots. You can see that its snapping to the angles mentioned above but not 90 degrees

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

pendean — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:13:10 GMT

Umm, you cannot get to 90 using increments of 7.281 nor 52.281 (or those two to each other), and in your posted georeferenced surveyor angle-type file you have POLAR set to 90d0'0" (neither of those numbers in you screenshot).

Perhaps that's all the problem is, you have POLAR (and/or UNITS) set incorrectly?

BTW setting your UCS and PLAN both to WORLD seemed to give me the 52.281 you want.

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

ztrotterBUDRD — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:15:45 GMT

Thats the problem. I am getting 7.281 and 52.281 when I don't want those numbers. I want to be able to go to the 0, 90, 180, 270, 360.

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

AllenJessup — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:27:46 GMT

Some other things to try.

Re: Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

ztrotterBUDRD — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:47:03 GMT

I just tried all of these options, and even added N,W,S,E to the accepted angles in POLARADDING. However now, I am getting snapping at 52.79, 142.44, 127.719, and 37.765 degrees.