object snap hotkeys?

[bmw1789]

Hi all,

 

Is it possible to change the shortcut for snaps? example..you select an object and you want to quickly grab the center...instead of typing "cen" to snap directly to center, can you change the "cen" to simple cc, or gc, or just something where the letters are close together on the keyboard. I do have object snap running however, working with the nearest snap, and the center snap at the same time sucks.

 

Another question I have is...Can you change the order in which selection cycling picks through which snaps are on.. I would like to change the order to nearest, center, perp, and then mid. tabbing through each one to get to the one i want.

 

Any help over this would be great! I appreciate it in advance.

[nukecad]

You can't change the order, but you should be able to cycle through the active osnaps with the tab key.

 

If you want to turn an osnap on and off frequently then OSMODE is the way to go on a toolbar button or menu, that way you can toggle it on/off with one click.

 

The codes to use with OSMODE are given here:

http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2010/EN...mber=d0e352473

 

An example of using OSMODE to toggle on/off a snap setting in a tool bar button is given below-

 

$M=$(if,$(eq,$(getvar,osmode),631),_osmode 759,_osmode 631)

 

I wrote that in back in 2004 and what it does is to toggle on/off the perpendicular snap (OSMODE value 128 ) in addition to my normal working snaps.

 

In your case you would have to work out the value for your normally used snaps (you add together the values as given in that weblink) and substitute your number where I have 631 in the code; then subtract 508 your number and put that in place of where I have 759.

(Why -508? because you subtract 512 to turn off the NEArest and then add 4 to turn on the CENtre).

[BIGAL]

Just hold the Shift key down press right button on mouse WOW what you want.

[abraCADabra]

You could also change mbuttonpan to "0", then when you press the center scroll button, it will bring up the snap menu and you can choose from there