topic Re: Lock Angle When Moving Items in Modeling

Lock Angle When Moving Items

ETSaum — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 01:17:33 GMT

In all other versions of Archicad that I run (25 through 29), when I go to move an object, the angle can snap to 45 degree increments (as desired) unless I manually enter an angle. Somehow, I hit a key combination that turned this off in Archicad 27, leading to no angle constraints or snaps. How do I re-enable?

All of the Tracker and Input Constraint variables appear to be the same across all versions, but the others have the the constraints enabled still.

Operating system used: Windows 11 23H2

Re: Lock Angle When Moving Items

Barry Kelly — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 02:45:54 GMT

I don't have 27 on this laptop so these images are from 26.

The settings are found in the work environment.

But it sounds like you have turned your snap guides off.

Barry.

Re: Lock Angle When Moving Items

furtonb — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 20:01:27 GMT

On a related note, Alt+A locks the movement direction to the vector between your starting point and the current cursor position.

(Alt+X locks the X coordinate, Alt+Y locks the Y coordinate, Alt+R the radius)

Re: Lock Angle When Moving Items

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:06:23 GMT

And to lock direction to any angle, type:

A <angle value>, then ALT+A

Typing A will enable angle value input in the Angle field of the Tracker, while pressing ALT+A will lock the direction to the entered Angle value. For example:

A25, then ALT+A

will lock the direction to 25 degrees. A Linear Snap Guide will indicate it.

Re: Lock Angle When Moving Items

ETSaum — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:49:19 GMT

Ridiculous Me had indeed accidentally turned off Snap Guides. Additional responses will make it easier for me to do some custom angles in fewer steps as well.

Thanks all!

Re: Lock Angle When Moving Items

jl_lt — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 04:08:26 GMT

will try this one! thanks Laszlo