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To use both constra int and snaps, do one of t he
following:
• In the Grid and Snap Settings dialog > Options
tab>Translationgroup,turnonUseAxis
Constraints.
• Hold SHIFT and right-click in the viewport,
and then cho ose Options > Tra nsform
Constraints from the Snap quadrant.
Example: To use 3D snaps and rotation
tra nsf orma tions together :
1.
Create a box.
2. SelecttheboxandchooseLockSelection.
3. Turn on 3D Snaps and click Rotate on the
toolbar.
4. F rom the Use Center flyout on the main
toolbar, choose
Use T ransform Coordinate
Center (page 1–427)
.
5. Activate the Perspective viewpor t and move the
cursor over the gr id.
Ablueicondisplayswhenthecursorpasses
over a grid point.
6. When the blue icon displays, click and drag to
rotate the box around the selected grid point.
You can rotate around anything you can snap
to.
To turn snaps on and off dur ing an operation:
•UsetheS keyboard shortcut to turn snap on
and off.
Tip: You can select something with snap off,
andthenturnsnapontosnapittoasnap
target. Alternately you might want to snap to
something, then position it freely wherever you
want.
Interfa ce
Use these check b oxes on the Snaps tab to t urn on
any combination of snap sett ings.
After s etting snaps, close the dialog using the
Closebuttoninthedialog’supper-rightcorner.
Do not click the Clear All button, or you’ll turn off
all the snaps.
Override—This label changes to display the
temp orary snap type used by the Override system.
For more information, see
Snap Override (page
2–42)
.
Clea r All—Turns off all of the Snaps check boxes.
Note: The layout of the Grid And Snap Settings
dialog is generated at r untime. Because of
this, it might appear slightly different than the
illustrations show n here.
Standard snaps
These are the standard snap t yp es used for grids,
mesh, and shape objects. Non-grid snap types,
when active, take priority over Grid Points and
Grid Lines snaps: if the mouse is equally near a
grid point and some other snap type, it will choose
the other snap t ype.
Note: The button images shown b elow are f rom the
Snaps toolbar (page 2–39) .