Snapping Guides
You can display snapping guides when you sketch draft geometry using the modern sketch commands.
You can display the snapping guides in the following ways:
Click Sketch > Settings > Snapping Guides
Click File > Options > Detailing and click the snapping guides buttons.
You can also use configuration options to display the snapping guides.
The following table contains the configuration options that control the guide display:
Snapping Guides
Configuration option
Horizontal alignment guide
dwg_sketch_horizontal_guide
Vertical alignment guide
dwg_sketch_vertical_guide
Parallel guide
dwg_sketch_parallel_guide
Perpendicular guide
dwg_sketch_perpendicular_guide
Guide of equal length and equal radius
dwg_sketch_equal_guide
Midpoint guide
dwg_sketch_midpoint_guide
Tangent guide
dwg_sketch_tangent_guide
Coincident guide
dwg_sketch_coincident_guide
Diagonal guide
dwg_sketch_diagonal_guide
Snapping Settings
You can specify the snapping behavior for sketching draft geometry.
To specify the snapping behavior, click Sketch > Settings > Snapping Settings and select the check boxes.
The following table contains the configuration options that control snapping behavior:
Snapping Guides
Configuration option
Snapping sketched entities to model geometry
dwg_sketch_snap_to_model_geom
Instant snapping when sketch cursor is placed next to geometry
dwg_sketch_instant_snap_to_geom
Reference list sensitivity
sketch_ref_list_sensitivity
Number of references that can be stored for sketching guidance in Sketcher, Layout, and Drawing
sketch_max_guide_refs
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