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Annotation in schedule - Grid Snap

Yvonne
Advocate

Grid snap keeps turning on when I go into annotate in a schedule - how do I turn this off? 

AC26 | Win11 | 64 bit | 32Gb RAM | Intel i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
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Barry Kelly
Moderator

If you mean the actual grid snap where the cursor only snaps to grid positions (there is a little black dot that follows your cursor) - that shortcut is SHIFT+S will cycle through the 3 snap options, ALT+S is on/off.

 

If you mean the grey grid lines in the background then SHIFT+G turns them on/off.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
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Yes I meant the actual grid snap. I would have it turned off then when I go into annotate an elevation in a schedule it automatically turns on. Is there a way to have it not default to turning on?

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AC26 | Win11 | 64 bit | 32Gb RAM | Intel i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz

I have never noticed the grid snap turning itself on, but then I rarely annotate in schedules.

I have noticed the grid lines turning themselves on in schedules, details, or when editing GDL, etc. Even sometimes when creating a new elevation.

I definitely always have the grid lines turned off and they do turn themselves on, and I know no way to stop it.

Maybe the 2 issues are related.

 

All I can suggest is be sure you are not accidentally pressing the keyboard shortcut, and have that toolbar handy so you can switch it off easily (or use the shortcut).

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

I have noticed the grid lines turning on as well but that doesn't bother me as much as the grid snap 😅  Thanks for the tip - I've got a shortcut for it so I can turn it off easily.  

AC26 | Win11 | 64 bit | 32Gb RAM | Intel i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz