Hi Pior,

> But still - it would be nice for such a guide creation it to happen automatically on all 3 axises , after
> hovering over a given point for a fraction of a second ...

Having such things appear automatically is nice when you have a very sparse drawing with just a couple of possible snap targets.

It becomes not nice at all when you have a busier area where there are a lot of potential snap points. What then happens is you get a whole lot of automatic snap points wherever you move and then it becomes difficult to freely place points. It can make things like drawing a curve with control points difficult.

So Moi is specifically designed to not make them fully automatic, but they are right at your fingertips because you can engage a construction line very quickly with a drag gesture and they disappear after the command is finished so there is no cleanup step.

With this method they stay out of your way until you trigger it with a drag gesture, just a hover of a fraction of a second triggers them too easily and you get the unwanted ones gumming things up.

- Michael

Hi pior, oh yes additionally having them triggered with a drag gesture instead of hovering over a point also unlocks a lot of powerful additional snap functions because the drag gesture forms a line with a start point and an end point that you can specify rather than only having a ray coming out from a single point.

So for example you can get the midpoint between any 2 points you want using a MoI construction line, which you would not get with a hover activated method.

There are also reflection points, divisions between the start/end, relocating and reorienting the construction lines so you can capture a distance or direction between 2 points and apply it elsewhere. It's a lot of precision drawing functionality covered with one tool and much of the additional functionality cannot be done with a hover activated single point.

Lots of details and examples here:
https://moi3d.com/4.0/docs/moi_command_reference11.htm#constructionlines

So it's much better both in staying out of your way but also in additional functionality compared to a "hover activated" method.

- Michael

Hi Michael ! That's all very true, and a whole area I still have to explore. Thank you for the pointers !
At least I won't be constructing actual lines/polylines just to serve as a reference points anymore :D