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Without having to know the exact coordinates, object snaps enable you to quickly locate points relative to existing objects such as center points of circles or midpoints of lines. Use Running Object Snaps Press F3 or click the OSNAP button on the... Read More

Now within Object Snap tab, you can find a new added option called Distance from Endpoint. This option allows snap a certain distance from any endpoint of objects like line, arc, spline, pline, ellipse arc, mline and any other lines. As long as you... Read More

Function Description: The 3DOSMODE system variable is used to control 3D object snap settings. Type : Integer Saved in : Registry Initial value : 11 Range : 0 ~ 256 System Variable Value: 1: all 3D object snaps are disabled. Shortcut key: ZNON2 :... Read More

Function Description: The POLARADDANG system variable is used to store the additional angle for polar tracking and polar snap. Type : Strings Saved in : Registry Initial value : "" Users could add up to 10 angles. They could separated by commas. The... Read More

A frequent problem in objects snaps is the inheritance of the Z value when snapping to a point. GstarCAD addresses this problem with OSNAPZ system variable. If set to 0, osnap uses the z-value of the snapped point. If set to 1, it uses the x+y of the... Read More

There are several users asking, why they can‟t snap to hatch object, the answer is simple, because they did not enable a drafting option to snap to hatch object. To activate it, simply issue OPTION command. In option dialog box, drafting tab, in... Read More

To improve drawing efficiency, you can display a rectangular grid and snap it. You can also control its spacing, type and behavior. The grid helps you align objects and determine the distances between them. When SNAP mode is on, the movement of the... Read More

Function Description: The DGNOSNAP system variable is used to determine whether to active object snap mode for geometric drawings that attached DGN reference underlay. Type : IntegerSaved : in Registry Initial value : 1 Range : 0,1 System Variable... Read More

The OSNAP command is used to set object snap modes. Command Access: Menu: Tools > Drafting SettingsStatus bar: Object SnapCommand : OSNAPShortcut : F3Shortcut : Press SHIFT key and right-click; select "Osnap Settings…" Command Description: Users... Read More

Function Description: The PDFOSNAP system variable is used to determine whether to active object snap for geometric drawing in PDF underlay attached in drawing Type : Integer Saved in : Registry Initial value : 1 Range : 0,1 System Variable Value: 0... Read More