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248 | Chapter 15 Use Precision Tools
■ After you acquire an object snap point, use direct distance to specify points
at precise distances along alignment paths from the acquired object snap
point. To specify a point prompt, select an object snap, move the cursor to
display an alignment path, then enter a distance at the Command prompt.
■ Use the Automatic and Shift to Acquire options set on the Drafting tab of
the Options dialog box to manage point acquisition. Point acquisition is
set to Automatic by default. When working in close quarters, press
SHIFT
to temporarily avoid acquiring a point.
To turn on and turn off object snap tracking
■ Press F11, or click Otrack on the status bar.
To change AutoTrack settings
1 From the Tools menu, select Options.
2 In the Options dialog box, choose the Drafting tab.
3 Under AutoTrack Settings, select or clear the following alignment path
display options:
■ Display Polar Tracking Vector. Controls alignment path display for
object snap tracking. When cleared, no polar tracking path is
displayed.
■ Display Full Screen Tracking Vector. Controls alignment path display
for object snap tracking. When cleared, an alignment path is displayed
only from the object snap point to the cursor.
■ Display AutoTrack Tooltip. Controls the display of AutoTrack toolt-
ips. Tooltips tell you the type of object snap (for object snap tracking),
alignment angle, and distance from the previous point.
4 Under Alignment Point Acquisition, select a method for acquiring object
points for object snap tracking:
■ Automatic. Acquires object points automatically. If you select this
option, you can press
SHIFT to not acquire an object point.
■ Shift to Acquire. Acquires object points only when you press SHIFT
while the cursor is over an object snap point.
Command line
OPTIONS