CivilPrice Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I have a weird problem. Just received autocad 2016 civil 3d, and I am drawing a polyline on top of a line, I want to snap to that line at a specific length. I enter PL Snap endpoint Snap NEA and enter Length (25'), hit enter and it draws a 25' line, but it follows my cursor not the line??? It is always just slightly off of the line??? The Line does not have an elevation, I can turn on ortho and it will draw a stright 25' line, but it will not snap directly over the line. any ideas??? I am sure it is just a selection variable or something, I looked through the snap variables??? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCADnoob Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I have a weird problem. Just received autocad 2016 civil 3d, and I am drawing a polyline on top of a line, I want to snap to that line at a specific length. I enter PL Snap endpoint Snap NEA and enter Length (25'), hit enter and it draws a 25' line, but it follows my cursor not the line??? It is always just slightly off of the line??? The Line does not have an elevation, I can turn on ortho and it will draw a stright 25' line, but it will not snap directly over the line. any ideas??? I am sure it is just a selection variable or something, I looked through the snap variables??? Thanks! I usualy have polar tracking on so it keeps it in line for me. you may be able to try PL Snap endpoint Snap NEA then enter the @ symbol and tab to enter the length and angle @ 25' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew1979 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 As above, turn on Polar Tracking by pressing the F11 key on your keyboard and make sure Ortho is off by pressing the F8 key. The snap that you want to use with Polar Tracking on is 'Extension'. I have extension and endpoint turned on in Object Snaps. To make sure Extension is always on, type OS at command prompt and tick the box Extension. Let us know how you go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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