Archicad 20 Snap Guide Issue

[Anonymous]

Hi I'm having a few issues with the snap guide tool in ArchiCAD 20 (never had these issues in 19).

ArchiCAD 20 always gives me a snap guide back to the project origin, sometimes a straight angle and sometimes and arbitrary radius guide. I can't think of any use for them and they just get in the way. Is there anyway to turn them off but maintain the rest of the snap guide features? Thanks in advance

[Barry Kelly]

In the tracker options you need to turn on "Relative Co-ordinates in Tracker".

Barry.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the reply Barry, I already have "Relative Co-ordinates in Tracker" turned on. I have attached 2 images that might make it clearer what I'm talking about.

The snap guide angle back to the project origin seems to always appear, but the snap guide radius around the project origin only sometimes appears.

[Barry Kelly]

I see what you mean but I have not come across this.
The only time I am seeing a snap guide from the project origin is when I have set a snap reference there (blue circle).
Clearly there is not a snap reference there in your image.

Do you have the latest version of Archicad installed - build 5025?

Barry.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Barry, latest build has fixed the issue for me. I thought it was a new feature, must have been a bug.

[Barry Kelly]

mike_92_aus wrote:
Thanks Barry, latest build has fixed the issue for me. I thought it was a new feature, must have been a bug.

Excellent.
As 20 is the latest release it is a good idea to check regularly for updates.

Barry.

[marian_sdraila]

I've got exactly the same bug in Archicad 23. I hope I won't have to upgrade to AC 26 to fix it.

[Barry Kelly]

I am not using 23, but I am not seeing any snap guides coming from a user origin or project origin.

Can you post a screen shot of your problem?

That may offer some clues.

Barry.

[marian_sdraila]

I'm trying to drag a fill on a horizontal path, but when hitting Alt+A the snap guide goes from the point I'm at to the origin, instead of going on the horizontal path that I started.

 

 

[Barry Kelly]

ALT+A is the shortcut for lock angle.

If I start to drag the fill and then press ALT+A, it lock in the direction I am dragging but does not create a guide through the origin.

If I press ALT+A before I drag, then yes I get a snap guide going through the origin.

If you want to drag horizontally you just need to drag and follow the short temporary snap guides.

So long as you stay close to that guide it will snap to it and there is no need to press anything on the keyboard.

If you need to drag horizontally but you need to snap to a point no along that temporary snap guide, you can just hold SHIFT and move you mouse where ever you want.

SHIFT will constrain (lock) to any of the pre-set constraints (horizontal, vertical, 45°).

ALT+A after you start to drag will lock to the exact angle you are stretching - not necessarily horizontal/vertical.

So you are better of to hold SHIFT.

Barry.