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change shape of snap points

Anonymous
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Hello there
i have question how i can change shape of snap point from true icon
into rectangle icon i want to give it also a color
i am sure there is a method
but how ?? (in gdl script or where)

this i need it to imitate environment of autocad fully like example on image

Thanks

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Barry Kelly
Moderator
You can't.
It is the cursor that shows the snap point icons and that is built into Archicad.
Forget about trying to make Archicad work like Autocad.
It is a completely different animal.
Barry.
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Anonymous
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oh no can i change the color of snap point in archicad??
Barry Kelly
Moderator
You can change the colour of the hotspots - both the standard selection hotspots and the editable hotspots.
In the Work Environment > Selection & Element Information.

But these are not your snap points.
They tend to coincide with many of the snap points - but not always.

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Anonymous
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Thanks for quick reply
JaredBanks
Mentor
Barry's right. Don't try to make ArchiCAD act or look like AutoCAD. It will only cause you trouble. Years ago I had a coworker who tried to make ArchiCAD look and act more like AutoCAD. After a month or so he gave up because it caused so many other problems. He got tired of fighting ArchiCAD's logic.
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