lineweight Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) I'm having trouble with getting 2D snapping to work here and I don't know what's going on (other than I know I'm about to lose my mind). I'm used to being able to work on a layer that's above another layer. With both "Classes" and "Layers" being set to "Show/Snap Others" I can snap to points on other layers or in other classes. Now, I have my Snapping Window open and all my appropriate options checked (the only ones unchecked are Snap to Angle, Snap to Distance and Snap to Tangent). My classes and layers are set to "Show/Snap Others" and my view is set to "Top/Plan." I have made sure my layers are aligned and that my imported topography layer (which I am trying to snap to) is indeed 2D lines/polys. So my question is, why won't Vectorworks snap between layers? If I am on the topographic layer (Layer 2), things snap fine, but if I am on the layer above (a layer I am using for space planning), I cannot snap to the layer below. What gives? **Problem resolved. It looks like one of the layer scales was accidentally changed at some point. Snapping now works correctly. Odd that you can't snap to lines that exist on another layer if the layer scales are different. Edited January 3, 2011 by lineweight Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Vectorworks has never been able to snap to other layers that are a different scale, or a different view Quote Link to comment
gnrmra Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 hi i have the same problem, but the layers do have the same scale, and all of them are setted on the high/plan view i can't snap the other Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Check that Unified View is ON. This may be the answer, or maybe not. Just a thought... Quote Link to comment
Andrew Davies Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Hi I am having trouble snapping in the annotations space of a Sheet Layer Viewport. The two items I want to snap to are on different layers (but the same scale) I can snap to them both when in a design layer Snap to object is on Though irrelevant when in a annotation space of a sheet layer VP - Layer options are set to snap others Any other ideas? Thanks, Andrew Quote Link to comment
Boh Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Try turning on all classes in the workspace. If a class is currently set to invisible in the workspace but set to visible in a viewport and there is an object in that class in the VP annotations, you will be able to see the object but maybe not select or snap to it. Quote Link to comment
Andrew Davies Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Thanks - but that didn't work! All classes are on. Quote Link to comment
Boh Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 2nd guess: Are the objects in annotations buried inside 2 or more groups. I occasionally lose snapping when I have to dig down into groups. Quote Link to comment
Andrew Davies Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Thanks Nice try but no. It snaps to a rectangle on a design layer but not a rectangle in a referenced viewport on a different design layer Quote Link to comment
Boh Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Restart VW?, restart computer? Update reference? SOrry that is all I have to offer now.... Quote Link to comment
Taproot Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Make sure that Layer and Class Options (option click - context menu) are set to "Show/Snap" others or "Show/Snap/Modify Others"'; Double check that your snap constraints are turned on? Quote Link to comment
kirakira Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I just found this thread when searching about the issue that I was having.. I was able to fix the problem by resetting the view so that I was in top view. I hope OP's issue has been resolved already, but just in case anyone else has this issue & finds this thread - try resetting your view!! 🙂 Quote Link to comment
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