MKingsley Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 With Layers and classes set to at least "snap others", you can then go to the Navigation palette and set any layer that is above the active layer to grey and be able to snap to items in that greyed layer. Quote Link to comment
marek.dk Posted April 2, 2006 Author Share Posted April 2, 2006 hello techs, wish so much: "grey/snap others" in layer and class options best regards marek Quote Link to comment
marek.dk Posted April 3, 2006 Author Share Posted April 3, 2006 hi michael. are you sure? It doesn?t work for me. even though layer option is on "snap others", I won?t be able to snap to items in greyed layers above. is there anything I missed? best regards marek Quote Link to comment
alanmac Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Forgive me if it's obvious and you've have it already and an experienced user, but do you have the snap to object selection turned on in your constraints? Alan Quote Link to comment
marek.dk Posted April 3, 2006 Author Share Posted April 3, 2006 yes I have. there is no cursor hints and no snap to the objects in greyed layers. the layers are the same scale and all top/plan view. can you snap to objects in greyed layers? marek Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Are the objects in Groups? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Bruce Ferguson Posted May 9, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 9, 2006 Marek is right. You cannot snap to greyed objects. That functionality is being considered for a future release of VW. Quote Link to comment
ionw Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Add my vote for that functionality! 17 if I can vote for my whole office... Quote Link to comment
MKingsley Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 I am able to snap to greyed objects with the following set-up. Layers options set to Show/Snap others. Greyed layer is below active layer in stacking order. (Greyed-out using the navigation palette) Snap to Objects constraint is on. Stack Layers is checked. I added Align Layer Views back to my workspace and that might be the kicker. After all the above is done, align the layer views and then I can snap to the grey. Does that work for anybody else? Quote Link to comment
MKingsley Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 I just tried it with the greyed layer stacked above the active layer and it still works. Quote Link to comment
ionw Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Thank you, Michael. That indeed seems to work. Quote Link to comment
Tom K Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Why not just set the opacity of a specific layer to 30 or 40 percent. This sort of creates a grey out layer that you can snap to. Using the navigation pallet it's to move the stacking order up and down. When your are done set the opacity back to 100 percent Quote Link to comment
ionw Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 That's true Tom, but the grey is a top level single click operation, I like simplicity... Quote Link to comment
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