This may have been discussed before, but if it has, I'm unaware of it.
I find that I often wish to temporarily enable or disable different types of snaps, alignment guides, or dynamic guides, depending on what I'm doing at any particular time on a job. Before toggling any of these, I have to know what the current status is. Less frequently, I want to change the specific features that are in effect for object snaps.
It only recently occurred to me that what I wanted could be had by simply putting the appropriate buttons on a Command Bar:
I appreciate that the buttons not only toggle the snaps or guides, but also serve as at-a-glance indicators of status. In the snip shown above, "Snap to objects" and "Alignment guides" are both active.
Similar buttons are available for some other snap types, too. The ones shown above are just the ones I use the most.
hywelharris said:One of the most asked for features in relation to Snap is a hotkey to temporarily disable STG or STO. So it would act like a momentary switch, pressed snap state would be reversed from the current state and as soon as you let go it would revert.
I see the appeal of that idea. For what I do, I'd even be content to have a "suppress all snaps" toggle that would restore the current snaps states when toggled back off. That's essentially what I use that command bar for, but with more manual effort.
hywelharris said:Another request is, as one of the STO options, would be a Snap To Self control SO WE COULD TURN IT OFF!!!
Wow, that would be useful! I rarely need to snap an object to itself. With complex vector objects, that behavior can really confound what I'm trying to do.
I think Hywel was referring to manual control when he said "snap to self control". Does not make sense to snap an object to itself
safia said: I think Hywel was referring to manual control when he said "snap to self control". Does not make sense to snap an object to itself
I thought Hywel was referring to the following type of behavior.
Is there a way to make that not happen without disabling Snap to Objects?
Eskimo said:I'd even be content to have a "suppress all snaps" toggle that would restore the current snaps states when toggled back off.