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Snap to Locations on Objects (Object Snaps) | 237
■ Magnet. Attracts and locks the cursor onto the nearest detected snap
points. Provides a visual cue, similar to snapping to a grid.
■ Aperture box. Surrounds the crosshairs and defines an area within which,
as you move the cursor, AutoCAD evaluates objects for object snaps. You
can choose to display or not display the aperture box, and you can change
the aperture box size.
Turn Object Snap and AutoSnap On and Off
After you set running object snaps, click Osnap on the status bar to turn all
of them on and off without displaying the Drafting Settings dialog box (or
press
CTRL + F or F3). If no running object snaps are set, the Drafting Settings
dialog box is displayed when you click Osnap.
The AutoSnap markers, tooltips, and magnet are turned on by default. You
can change AutoSnap settings in the Options dialog box.
Use AutoSnap to Confirm or Change an Object Snap
If you have set more than one running object snap, you can press
TAB to
cycle through all the object snap points available for a particular object. For
example, if you press
TAB while the cursor is on a circle, AutoSnap displays
options for snapping to the quadrant, intersection, and center.
To change the AutoSnap settings
1 From the Tools menu, choose Options.
2 In the Options dialog box, choose the Drafting tab.
3 On the Drafting tab, change settings as needed:
■ Marker. Turns the marker on or off.
■ Magnet. Turns the magnet on or off.
■ Display AutoSnap Tooltip. Turns tool tips on or off.
■ Display AutoSnap Aperture Box. Turns the target box on or off when
you specify an object snap. This setting does not affect object snaps
when you are not using AutoSnap.
■ AutoSnap Marker Color. Changes the color of the marker.
■ AutoSnap Marker Size. Adjusts the size of the marker.
4 Choose OK.
Press
SHIFT and right-click to display the object snap menu.
Object Snap toolbar
Command line
OSNAP