Compass snapping to weird angles

[Khez]

Hi, I'm having a problem in a piping file in P3D 2024 and I have no idea how to solve it

Whenever I try and route a pipe or orient a piping component, in every plane, my compass only snaps to the following angles

5°

80°

250°

270°

345°

Despite my compass snap angle being set to 5 and display angle to 10 and it only happens in that one specific file, I don't know what I might have accidentally changed for it to occur. My model is only a couple of metres away from the drawing's origin point

I tried:

Changing compass' snap angle  and visual to various values

turning off/on again the compass

Activating and deactivating PLANTPIPESLOPE (I never use it anyway)

turning off/on again DYNMODE

Changing from paralel view to perspective/changing viewstyles

closing and reopening the file

Closing and reopening plant 3D

So I'm out of ideas, and needless to say, it makes it impossible to route new pipe

[Khez]

Hi, I'm having a problem in a piping file in P3D 2024 and I have no idea how to solve it

Whenever I try and route a pipe or orient a piping component, in every plane, my compass only snaps to the following angles

5°

80°

250°

270°

345°

Despite my compass snap angle being set to 5 and display angle to 10 and it only happens in that one specific file, I don't know what I might have accidentally changed for it to occur. My model is only a couple of metres away from the drawing's origin point

I tried:

Changing compass' snap angle  and visual to various values

turning off/on again the compass

Activating and deactivating PLANTPIPESLOPE (I never use it anyway)

turning off/on again DYNMODE

Changing from paralel view to perspective/changing viewstyles

closing and reopening the file

Closing and reopening plant 3D

So I'm out of ideas, and needless to say, it makes it impossible to route new pipe

[pmagalhaes789]

If it was me, since the issue is isolated to a single file, I would recommend creating a new file, copying the assets over, and deleting the problematic file. Make sure to create a backup first in case anything goes wrong. This can help bypass any hidden settings or corruption that may be causing the issue.

[pmagalhaes789]

If it was me, since the issue is isolated to a single file, I would recommend creating a new file, copying the assets over, and deleting the problematic file. Make sure to create a backup first in case anything goes wrong. This can help bypass any hidden settings or corruption that may be causing the issue.

[Khez · Accepted solution]

Dang, I just figured it out!
A little while, since my north wasn't in the right direction compared to reality, I tried going to UNITS then Direction...
And chose a base angle of "North 90" instead of the default "East 0". It didn't seem to have much effect, so I continued on.

little did I know it would mess up Plant's compass as well as the polar snap values

I turned base angle base back to 0 in the units>direction dialog box and it fixed it

[Khez · Accepted solution]

Dang, I just figured it out!
A little while, since my north wasn't in the right direction compared to reality, I tried going to UNITS then Direction...
And chose a base angle of "North 90" instead of the default "East 0". It didn't seem to have much effect, so I continued on.

little did I know it would mess up Plant's compass as well as the polar snap values

I turned base angle base back to 0 in the units>direction dialog box and it fixed it