Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

ztrotterBUDRD
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Vertical and Horizontal snapping is no longer working.

ztrotterBUDRD
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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. 

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pendean
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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?
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ztrotterBUDRD
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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. 

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pendean
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@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.

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AllenJessup
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Is it possible you're looking for Polar Tracking?

 

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ztrotterBUDRD
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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.

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Patchy
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go to dsettings and see if it snaps to 3d

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ztrotterBUDRD
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It was snapping to 3d, but now that it is disabled it is still snapping to those same angles after a restart.
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Kent1Cooper
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@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?

Kent Cooper, AIA
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ztrotterBUDRD
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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?
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Kent1Cooper
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@ztrotterBUDRD wrote:
.... Do you know the solution to fix this ...?

UCS World

Kent Cooper, AIA
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ztrotterBUDRD
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I set UCS to world and it still did not fix it. It is still snapping to those points
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Patchy
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Wild shot, try SNAPANG = 0

or post your drawing here.

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ztrotterBUDRD
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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

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pendean
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@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

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Also...

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

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pendean
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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.
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ztrotterBUDRD
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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.
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AllenJessup
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Some other things to try.

 

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ztrotterBUDRD
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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.
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