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Skewed Grids and constrained angles to this skewed grid

tsturm
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Ever work on a project where no two buildings are drawn straight to the grid or perpendicularly to each other? Ever tried to use the skew grid to work on these buildings? Ever want to save this angle setting?

I have seen the mouse constraint not constrain to the skewed grid. I have tried to draw right angled walls to the skewed grid only to find the orthogonal constraint for walls and lines snap to the normal 0, 90, 180 grid and not the skewed grid.

so I ask for the ability to draw orthogonally to a skewed grid as if it were squarely on my page. and save this angle setting. ie... more control over skewed grids.
Terrence Sturm, Architect
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Anonymous
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tsturm wrote:
Ever work on a project where no two buildings are drawn straight to the grid or perpendicularly to each other? Ever tried to use the skew grid to work on these buildings? Ever want to save this angle setting?
Yes, and I have had no problem with it.
I have seen the mouse constraint not constrain to the skewed grid. I have tried to draw right angled walls to the skewed grid only to find the orthogonal constraint for walls and lines snap to the normal 0, 90, 180 grid and not the skewed grid.
I have not seen this. The constraints have always worked properly for me relative to the alternate or rotated grid (I hate to call it "skewed" because it is still rectilinear and not rhomboid).
so I ask for the ability to draw orthogonally to a skewed grid as if it were squarely on my page. and save this angle setting. ie... more control over skewed grids.
This ability already exists. You may be experiencing a bug or some other problem, but what you describe is definitely NOT the way it is supposed to work.