Cursor moving in a grid pattern
Grid snap variable is saved in the drawing and not in your computers registry for autocad. So if someone uses grid snap and has it on and sends you that drawing it will have grid snap on when you open it even if you never turned it on before. I assume it is that way to let a new person opening a drawing for the first time that the last person set the drawing up using grid snap. That could actually save you time and work if it is set up that way and can be used in the drawing, if not taking the 1 second to shut it off shouldn't cause you much lost work time.
It's a complicated software because it is a general software that everyone uses differently. You can memorize a websters dictionary size book about autocad and you would only know 5% of what you can actually do with the program if even that much. Comparing how smooth an iphone works to autocad isn't apples to apples. It's like comparing a paper model of an F15 to an actual F15 and being mad that the real F15 doesn't fly as easily as your paper airplane does.
Most colleges can't teach everything about cad because there is just too much. Your professor probably never needed to use grid snap so they didn't teach it. I learned more in my first 2 weeks of an internship than I learned in my entire time in college about how to use autocad. I was first in my class so it wasn't like I just wasn't listening in class.
Yes I agree it can be a frustrating software. However this is a user based forum, so you are only complaining to other users and not to autodesk. Those users are here to try and help you figure your problems out, not to hear you complain about them on their personal time. Just be glad that this forum exists and there are many many users that can help you figure out the software on their free time for free.
Nick DiPietro
Cad Manager/Monkey
