Jackmill1 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) Hi There: Is there a way to reorganize how Vectorworks prioritizes snap points? It's a little agitating constantly having to zoom in and out because I want to snap to center points on smallish objects and Vectorworks is obsessed with the corners. I guess I could use the snap loupe to help with this, but if I could just nicely ask Vectorworks to prefer centers to corners it would make things so much easier. Edited May 21, 2019 by Jackmill1 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee jblock Posted May 24, 2019 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 24, 2019 @Jackmill1 We do have Master Snap points to help prioritize what is snapped to. This can help when you have a bunch of snap points in a small area. Here is an article with more information: http://app-help.vectorworks.net/2019/eng/index.htm#t=VW2019_Guide%2FBasic2%2FObject_Snapping.htm&rhsearch=master snap&rhhlterm=master snap&rhsyns= Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment
Andy Broomell Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Master Snap points are only applicable to Symbols, correct? Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 At least PIOs too (?) Like Wall Components have Settings for Master Snap Points. Quote Link to comment
TomKen Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Instead of zooming in and out hit the 'Z' key and you will get temporary magnification window wherever you cursor is located. 1 Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 2 hours ago, TomKen said: hit the 'Z' key and you will get temporary magnification window Ouch now it makes sense to me 🙂 "Z" like Zoom As with QWERTZ keyboard the arbitrary "Y" key is needed. Quote Link to comment
mjm Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 2 hours ago, TomKen said: Instead of zooming in and out hit the 'Z' key and you will get temporary magnification window wherever you cursor is located. How often does the "Z" key work for you? I have about a 50% chance of that working. I attribute the issue to me not really understanding when to click after the "Z" key is depressed, a nd then the whole thing ends up taking three times longer than zooming in and clicking once. Quote Link to comment
Jackmill1 Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 The snap loupe / Z key I think is a usable workaround, but to me it breaks my focus. When zooming in and out I can keep my eyes and focus set on the object that I'm trying to work on. When I hit Z and pull up the snap loupe I have to readjust what I'm looking at and reorient myself to the snap loupe, and then again when it closes. It's not that the snap loupe isn't a solution here, it's that it breaks my concentration enough to not like to rely on it. 1 Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 3 hours ago, mjm said: How often does the "Z" key work for you? I have about a 50% chance of that working. I attribute the issue to me not really understanding when to click after the "Z" key is depressed, a nd then the whole thing ends up taking three times longer than zooming in and clicking once. I think you press and hold ? I think you only have to press it once. Pressing again will zoom in further. Quote Link to comment
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