Danse_Macabre Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I run into this problem frequently at work. The problem is that I want to snap to a line with a line type other than 'continuous', say 'dashed'. Often what happens, especially with the dahsed linetype, is that the point I want to snap to is right in the dashed part of the line, and the 'nearest' snap does not show up. Is there a setting I can change in CAD so that it interpolates between the dashed areas in the linetype so that I can snap to it? Hopefuly I am being clear enough. I am using AutoCAD Civil3D 2008 Thanks in Advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I know the problem, and I am annoyed about it too. But I haven't found a solution for it. The only good news I have found is that Perpendicular and Apparent Intersection works even if those are in the middle of the 'hole'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hughes Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Not very elegant but another approach might be to not use nearest and just pick a point then trim or extend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 MID will work - provided you pick a bit that is there not a bit that isn't IYSWIM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danse_Macabre Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 yeah, I have also drawn temporary continuous lines over the dashed line, I was hoping there would be some sort of option that would make CAD think there was a continous line there. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea1307 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 not a great solutino but changing your lt scale so the line looks continuous while being dashed is an option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkent Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Just grab any part of the line that shows, the osnap is there to do the work for you. You don't have to show autocad where the midpoint, perp, etc is, just pick any part of the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danse_Macabre Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 That does not work for nearest though, which is the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 depending on how long your line is, it should be possible to mouse over MID or END and then use polar tracking to get where you want to go, even if it's in the middle of a gap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Perhaps you could zoom out a bit, or change the size of your pick box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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