Sketch: Snap Line To Grid In Move

[MaxHugen]

I'm in a 2D sketch on the YZ plane, and I need to project a horizontal line from a point on a profile back the to Z axis.

• If I use Move on an existing constrained line, using the horizontal arrow, it will not snap.
• If I draw a new line from the origin point, and specify 0° angle to constrain to horizontal, it will not snap.

Regardless of how far I zoom in, I cannot get the end point of the line to Z=0, it will inevitably end up at some minuscule amount off, eg 1.2034E-07.   That's very close, but it isn't zero.

As F360 is no doubt used for precision engineering, there must be some way to do this?

[jeff_strater]

your observations are correct.  Grid snapping only works when:

• drawing curves or points (does not work in Move)
• you are otherwise constraining the motion (new line, constrained to 0 degrees)

It only works when the geometry is completely free.  I agree that makes it less useful, which is why I never bother with it - I always have grid snapping disabled.  That's what dimensions are for, IMO - if you want precision, dimension it.  Grid snapping is not a constraint anyway - just snapping to a grid at creation time does not guarantee that it will stay on that grid point.

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

You can use the Point to Position option in the Move/Copy command to find exact zero or any other point you desire simply by entering the value.  There is the other option also, Point to Point, a point on my sketch to a point on your screen.

[MaxHugen]

Thanks John. I've used Point to Point, hadn't really understood Point to Position, which is something I should also be using.

Cheers, Max