Hi Michael,


the script you did is working in part...still needs turn off vertical snapping as well....



i also cranked the active distance to 1000 and keep active distance to 1000....this helps slam it to force normal. :)



is it possible to trigger this behavior when using just the left mouse button move? as i click where i click it uses that normal....and locks to that path of travel.

Hi Neil,

re:
> the script you did is working in part...still needs turn off vertical snapping as well....

Try this one:

script: if ( moi.drawingAids.straightSnapAngle == 0.0 ) { moi.drawingAids.straightSnapAngle = 90.0; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapEnableVertical = true; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapEnableTangent = true; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapEnablePerpendicular = true; } else { moi.drawingAids.straightSnapAngle = 0.0; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapEnableVertical = false; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapEnableTangent = false; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapEnablePerpendicular = false; }


> i also cranked the active distance to 1000 and keep active distance to 1000....this helps slam it to force normal. :)

Another way is you can hold the Shift key down to force straight snap to activate. When you hold Shift the closest straight snap line will engage no matter what distance you are away from it.


> is it possible to trigger this behavior when using just the left mouse button move? as i click where
> i click it uses that normal....and locks to that path of travel.

The MoI term for the "left mouse button move" is object dragging. But sorry no, an object drag is initiated while you are object selection mode, not while you are in point picking mode so the base point for it is a somewhat different case.

- Michael

thanks Michael.



yes i use shift to lock but you still have to be subtle to find what you want sometimes......could you please include cranking those settings to 1000.....on off as with the snaps please:)


i find it to work really just how i like !

Hi Neil, sure give this one a try:

script: if ( moi.drawingAids.straightSnapAngle == 0.0 ) { moi.drawingAids.straightSnapAngle = 90.0; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapEnableVertical = true; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapEnableTangent = true; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapEnablePerpendicular = true; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapActivateDistance = 6; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapKeepActiveDistance = 12; } else { moi.drawingAids.straightSnapAngle = 0.0; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapEnableVertical = false; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapEnableTangent = false; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapEnablePerpendicular = false; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapActivateDistance = 1000; moi.drawingAids.straightSnapKeepActiveDistance = 1000; }

- Michael