Specifies a
precise point at a location on an object.
Command entry: Within
a command, at a prompt to locate a point, specify an object snapWhen
you specify an object snap, the cursor snaps to the specified point
on an object closest to the center of the cursor. By default, a
marker and a tooltip are displayed when you move the cursor over
the object snap location on an object.
Specify a Single Object
Snap
If you specify a single object snap, it stays
in effect only for the next point you specify.
You can specify an object snap with any of the
following methods:
- Enter a object snap by typing its name.
To see a list of valid object snaps, refer to the OSNAP command
or the Drafting Settings Dialog Box.
- Click an object snap from the Object
Snap toolbar.
- Click an object snap from the Object
Snap shortcut menu. You can diisplay this shortcut menu by pressing
SHIFT while you right-click.
Use Running Object Snaps
Using the OSNAP or DSETTINGS commands, you
can specify a set of running object snaps. Running
object snaps are one or more object snaps that remain in effect
as you work.
- To turn running object snaps on and off,
click the OSNAP button on the status bar or press F3.
- Press TAB to cycle through the object
snap possibilities before you specify the point.
- To turn off running object snaps for
the next point only, specify the None object snap.
