topic Re: How do I turn off orthogonal snapping? in Revit Architecture Forum

How do I turn off orthogonal snapping?

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:40:03 GMT

I'm doing as-builts of a historic structure and the walls are very slightly out of alignment with the x-y axes. Whenever I'm drawing something that's nearly (but not quite) horizontal or vertical, Revit forces it to be aligned to x-y axes. I don't want that but don't know how to turn it off so that it snaps only to my crooked geometry.

Thanks for any help!

Re: How do I turn off orthogonal snapping?

LisaDrago — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:52:43 GMT

The only way I know of would be to check the Snaps Off check box in the Snaps dialog box or SO keyboard short cut.

Otherwise the ortho is locked on.

Re: How do I turn off orthogonal snapping?

constantin.stroescu — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:04:53 GMT

Try to uncheck :Angular Dimension Snap Increments from Manage>Snaps

Re: How do I turn off orthogonal snapping?

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:38:17 GMT

I worked it out. I have to hold down the SHIFT, then TAB through my snaps.

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Re: How do I turn off orthogonal snapping?

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 02:02:17 GMT

This might help.
Tick off constrain when you use the Move tool

Re: How do I turn off orthogonal snapping?

ang3la_ — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:32:10 GMT

I am experiencing the same issue. I have gone through many solutions, yet I still haven't been able to resolve it.

I have a point cloud and need to create as-built drawings. There is a snap option for the point cloud, but I can't get close enough to the cloud points without having to move away to avoid orthogonal snapping. I've explored various suggestions in this post and others, but nothing seems to work.

Thanks in advance.