Lame OSNAP problem

[petersilk]

Hi
I am a reasonably experienced autocad user but have rescently changed jobs/computers and seem to be unable to make OSNAP on the new computer work properly. It is so un-sensitive its un-useable.

The radius at which i snap to an object is so tiny i rarely ever snap to what i want, be it end, mid point or anything! i end up hovering my mouse over the area and zooming in rediculous amounts just to get an intersection snap box to apper. It has nothing to do with the size of the snap box or which osnap options i have turned on (as i have them all turned on all the time)

I have spent hours and hours going through endless settings even altering things i have no idea what they are.. i am desperate now.

can anyone please help as it has already made my first week at the new job terrible..

Thanks, Psilk
(lt2007)

[Alan Cullen]

Go to Tools > Options. There are a few tabs there that you can set to get your osnap sizes up.

[petersilk]

yes, i have spent half of last week in tools-options desperately altering things but can't find anything that alters the sensitivity of the osnap.

i have set up many PCs with various Autocad releases and even taught autocad for a year and have never come across this before. there is one other person on another forum with the same prob as me but noone has answered his post.

i think it has something to do with the settings the previous user of the computer had before me but they are not here to ask..

thanks
Pete

[Alan Cullen]

Well, then. To do something I absolutely hate doing.

Uninstall acad, and reinstall it. That way any tricky little settings that may have been created will be wiped. Explain to AutoDesk what you did, and they will give you back the authorisation codes.

That is all I can suggest. Probably a faster option than trying to figure it all out. Sorry.

P.S. before you uninstall. you may wish to consider useing the portable license transfer.

[JBullseye74]

Hey dudes have you played with the APERTURE ?

[GE13579]

...APERTURE...

... can also be found in OP- Drafting Tab- Aperture Size.

[Alan Cullen]

Anything at all in OPS will suit me at the moment. I wonder if petersilk has actually explored all the options in OPS. One wonders.

[petersilk]

thanks guys, it was in fact the apature size..
i was a few moments away from asking my new boss if i could re-install.. lol
for some reason i am unable to 'visualy' alter the size but it is at the size i am used to so thats good.

back on the path to impressing the boss now, thanks

only joined the forum to get help and am so impressed with you guys i'll make sure to see if i can help others myself

thanks again
Pete

[GE13579]

...for some reason i am unable to 'visualy' alter the size...

You should have visual alteration ability if you follow my previous thread regarding the drafting tab in options... it's a slide adjustment.

[JBullseye74]

Hey Guys... just for the Record.

The Two commands are different.... In the options the APERTURE SIZE command is purely for the size of the aperture.

If you type in APERTURE in the command line this changes the OBJECT SNAP TARGET HEIGHT which i think was our friends problem, increasing this value should have done the trick. He would have seen no Visible change to the aperture.