Indeed a planar mode snap in addition to the other snaps would indeed solve that problem.
The c-plane solution only works if a curve is completed because only then can you snap at the end point of that curve. If you want to do that in he middle of creating a curve however, then that technique would not work because the c-plane gizmo does not snap to end points of unfinished curves.

Hi niko,

> The c-plane solution only works if a curve is completed because
> only then can you snap at the end point of that curve.

Normally for the cplane method you would place the cplane before drawing the curve. Then when you draw the curve it would be on that plane. If you place the plane where you want the start of the curve you then can use Origin osnap to get that same start point when you go to draw the curve.

Also one quick note on the cplane gizmo - normally that aligns itself to curves or surfaces when you place it. If you don't want that you can skip the initial placing stage by doing a right-click, which will place the cplane gizmo in the location of the current cplane and you can grab its origin point and drag it without it auto aligning.

- Michael

Hi niko, for the next v2 beta I've added a planar drawing mode that you can set with a keyboard shortcut, which will enable the same "keep at same z level as first picked point" but in the 3D view, the same as how it currently works in the ortho views now.

- Michael

THANKS!!!!!

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