O-snap problem

One of our Acad Mechanical 2008 users is trying to use the distance command to measure a line. He can't snap to the end-point even though end-point is checked in his o-snap settings. An even stranger thing... he is snapping to nearest, even though nearest isn't checked in the o-snap settings! Any suggestions?

One of our Acad Mechanical 2008 users is trying to use the distance command to measure a line. He can't snap to the end-point even though end-point is checked in his o-snap settings. An even stranger thing... he is snapping to nearest, even though nearest isn't checked in the o-snap settings! Any suggestions?

It sound like you are snapping to the apparent intersection. Its symbol is very similar to nearest but it has a small box around it.

This normally happens when two objects intersect but have different elevations

Try checking the Z value of the startpoint and endpoint's under properties

Regards,

-Jammie

I did check the Z value, and it is zero, so the entities are on the same plane. I am now suspicious of our distance command icon. When I type the command at the command prompt, everything functions like it should. I think we may have some issues with the actual button. Is it possible that it could have been customized improperly?

What does the Command Line say when you click on the button?

Command line says - dist.

I did check the properties of the button and found that it is listed in a company specific source and next to "macro", it says ^C^Cdist;near;\per; . This leads me to belive that it is customized not to snap to the endpoint. I added the stock Acad dist button, and it works fine. I'll check with our main CAD guy in Europe tomorrow to find out more about his intentions.

glad you've got it sorted.