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Function Description: The OSDISTANCE system variable is used to specify the distance from endpoint for Osnap. Type : RealSaved in : Drawing Initial value : 100 Range : >0   Read More

Function Description: The APERTURE system variable is used to set the display size of object snap aperture box by pixels. The name of this system variable is the same as command. Users could also use SETVAR command to access this system variable.... Read More

Function Description: The APBOX system variable is used to control whether to turn the auto snap aperture box on or off. The aperture box displays at the center of cross cursor when snapping objects. Type : Integer Saved in : Registry Initial value :... 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

Now in the status bar, when right click the polar track, the object snap and object track button will display a menu with related setting options.   Related tutorial video:     Ribbon 00:33 Toolbars 00:47 Menus and Shortcut Menus 00:47 View 01... Read More

If you work in plant industry, then you might need to draw isometric drawings.   If you use GstarCAD, you can do it easily by using snap command and changing its style to isometric. Also you can change drawing plane by typing ISOPLANE command.   Â... Read More

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

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 enable it, simply issue OPTION command. In option dialog box, drafting tab, in... Read More

GstarCAD 2017 brings you a new visual enhancement for two object snap options. On Drafting Settings window, under Object Snap tab, when you select both Distance from Endpoint and Divide Segments options, and you draw an object on the current drawing,... 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