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Snaps |
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Control of global snaps of the cursor is performed in the Global Snaps dialog. This dialog appears on the screen in the following cases:
•after fetching the Settings — Parameters... — System — Graphic Editor — Snaps command,
•After calling the Settings... command from the Snaps button menu 
, located on the Quick Access Toolbar.
In the first case, the performed setup is saved as the default and is used for all re-opened and created documents. In the second case, the performed setup is used only in windows of the current document until the end of its work session.
Controls of the dialog for setting up snaps
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List of global bindings |
The list allows to change the set of global snaps active in the document. For that, enable or disable the options matching to the respective names in the list. |
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Move Up Move Down |
Buttons are used to set up the priority of snaps. If several global snaps are enabled, and with the current cursor position it is possible to run them all, then a snap of higher priority gets activated. The priority of a snap is determined by its position in the list. To raise the priority of a snap, select it in the list and press the Move Up button, and to lower it – the Move Down button. The selected snap will move by one position in the specified direction. |
All Snaps |
The option allows to enable or disable all global snaps. It may be in one of three states: • enabled •undefined •disabled If the state of the option is undefined, a click on the option will disable it, the next click will enable it. |
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Settings applicable to both global and local snaps |
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Snap to background layer objects |
This option allows to perform a snap to objects lying in the background layers (see section Layer states) graphic document or sketch. In drawings, this option also enabled snap to background view objects. |
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Only to visible grid points |
The option allows to use only the nodes of a grid while running the By Grid snap. It is available if the set of snaps active in the document includes the By Gridsnap – a matching respective option is enabled in the list of global snaps. The enabled option means that the snap is applied only to grid nodes only if the grid is displayed on the screen. More details on using a grid... With the option disabled, snap is possible to the grid points which became invisible as a result of resampling down. Enabling displaying of the grid is optional. More details on the grid at small scales... |
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Step of Angular Snap |
The field allows to set a value, the angle of angular snap should change in multiples to it. For example, if the value of a step of angular snap is set equal to 15 °, then a snap to points located on the straight lines running through the last fixed point at the angles 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 90°, etc. will be possible. |
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Changes made to the step of angular snap take effect after restarting KOMPAS-3D. |
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Snap to the drawing detailing elements |
The option allows to perform a snap to the lines of drawing detailing (the frame, the table of the title block). |
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Snap to model elements |
The option allows to perform a snap to model objects while working with a sketch. The snap to model objects is described in detail in section Snapping to model objects when working in a sketch. |
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Only to visible model elements |
The option allows to use only visible objects while running a snap to model objects. It is available with the Snap to model elementsoption enabled. |
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Prohibit Snaps |
The option allows to enable and disable action of all the configured global snaps in the current window. It is present in the dialog if it was fetched by the Settings command from the menu of the Snaps button on the Quick access toolbar. |
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— all options in the list of snaps are enabled (all global snaps are active in the document),
— the list of bindings contains both enabled and disabled options (bindings with enabled options 
– all options in the list of bindings are disabled (global bindings in the document are not active).
Having completed setup of the global snaps, click OK. Click Cancel to discard all changes and close the dialog box.
