Subject: Setting up fly-over snapping

When fly-over snapping is enabled and multiple entity snaps are on, you can press Tab to cycle through the available entity snap points of the entities covered by the tar­get box. For example, when the Endpoint and Midpoint Snaps are on and the aperture box is located on a line, press Tab to cycle between the line's closest endpoint and midpoint.

To set the fly-over snapping options

   1   Do one of the following to choose Drawing Settings ():

   On the ribbon, choose Application button > Drawing Utilities; Home > Drawing Settings (in Utilities); or Tools > Drawing Settings (in Manage).

   On the menu, choose Tools > Drawing Settings or choose Tools > Entity Snap > Entity Snap Settings.

   On the Tools toolbar, click the Drawing Settings tool.

   Type dsettings and then press Enter.

   2   Click the Coordinate Input tab.

   3   Click the Entity Snaps tab.

   4   Click Display Options. The Options dialog box opens to the Snapping tab.

   5   Mark Enable Fly-Over Snapping to turn on fly-over snapping.

   6   Set the fly-over options, including the color, size, and thickness of the snap marker.

   7   Click OK.

   8   Click OK again.

 

See also...

Changing the options on the Snapping tab

Setting_up_fly-over_snapping
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