About Snap Capabilities

In the Snap area, to enter a value in the box, key in your value or select it from the list provided.

Note: You can only route in multiples of the value entered. If the value is 50 millimeters, you cannot create a route that is 33 millimeters in length, but you can create routes that are 100, 150 millimeters and so on.

You can choose between three options:

• Snap to Step : allows you to snap to points that are multiples of the value entered in the Snap step size input box measured from the global coordinate system. As you move the pointer, a label displays the distance from the current axis in multiples of the value entered in the Snap step size input box. In the image below, a step of 100mm is used. When routing, for example, you can create segments whose length is multiples of 100 mm only.
  
  
• Snap Off Last Position : allows you to snap to points that are multiples of the value in the Snap step size input box measured from the last point you clicked. You can change the value in the step input box after a click if you want to route a segment of a certain length or place a resource at an exact distance away from where you clicked.
  
  
• Snap Relative to Plane : allows you to snap to a new location a given distance from a user-defined reference plane.

  To define the reference plane, select a surface.
  
  

  To redefine the reference plane, click Snap Relative to Plane again.