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•HoldShif t and right-click in the viewport,
and then cho ose Options > Transform
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. From the Use Center fly out on the main
toolbar, choose Use Transform Coordinate
Center (page 1–447).
5. Activate the Perspective viewpor t and move the
cursor over the grid.
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 during an operation:
•UsetheS k eyboard 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.
Inter face
Use these check box es on the Snaps tab to turn on
any combination of snap settings.
After setting 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 t he
temp orary snap type used by the Override system.
For more information, see Snap Override (page
2–45).
Clea r All—Turns off all of the Snaps check boxes.
Note: The layout of the Grid And Snap Settings
dialog is generated at runtime. Because of
this, it might appear slightly different than the
illustrations show n here.
Standard snaps
These are the standard snap t ypes 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 type.
Note: The button images shown b elow are from the
Snaps toolbar (page 2–42).
Grid Points—Snaps to grid intersections.
This snap type is on by default. Keyboard
shortcut=
Alt+F5 .
Gri d Lines —Snaps to any point on a grid line.
Pivot—Snaps to pivot points of objects.
Keyboard shortcut=
Alt+F6 .