{"id":32435,"date":"2026-04-27T12:15:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/technical-manuals\/graphical-editor-basics\/object-snap-options\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T12:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:37:53","slug":"object-snap-options","status":"publish","type":"wiki","link":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/object-snap-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Object Snap Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"colour\">During object creation commands, you can snap the cursor to points on the drawing entities such as endpoints, midpoints, intersections and centres. For example, you can insert an axis element from an intersection created by two existing axis elements to the midpoint of another axis.<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">Object snap options can be turned on by picking the desired obj\u200bect snap function from the \u201cObject Snap tab\u201d in the \u201cDisplay Settings\u201d before making a point selection or for dragging.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">During the insertion of structural members such as columns, beams and walls, the intersection object snap mode is automatically assumed and only axis intersections are considered.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/desk.zoho.com\/DocsDisplay?zgId=672206093&amp;mode=inline&amp;blockId=9h1ap7409307dc5184ec49dea84c0bac9c34e\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal\"><span class=\"colour\">Available Object Snap Modes:<\/span><\/p>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 18px;line-height: normal\" class=\"size\"><span class=\"colour\">Entity Intersection<\/span><\/span><\/b><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal\"><span class=\"colour\">When the Intersection object snap mode is active, the nearest intersection of entities is snapped. Intersection mode snaps to the intersection of the objects and also the vertices of the polyline<\/span><span class=\"font\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\" class=\"size\"><span class=\"colour\">s.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><b><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18px;line-height: normal\" class=\"size\"><b><span class=\"colour\">Smart Points Along Members<\/span><\/b><\/span><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal\"><span class=\"colour\">When the Smart Point along members object snap mode is actived, the beam and wall insertions will snap to the 0.25L, 0.33L, 0.5L, 0.67L and 0.75L of the existing wall and beam members.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><u><span class=\"colour\">0.25L :<\/span><\/u><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" data-zdeskdocselectedclass=\"\" class=\"docsimage\" data-zdeskdocid=\"img_48980936163956335\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;width: 1080px;height: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-0b371ddaa8f624abbeae7cffd51428af.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u><span class=\"colour\">0.33L :<\/span><\/u><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" data-zdeskdocselectedclass=\"\" class=\"docsimage\" data-zdeskdocid=\"img_13290691533325694\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;width: 1084px;height: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-37c82db7c5b429410f146c572f64aeb7.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u>0.5L :<\/u><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" data-zdeskdocselectedclass=\"\" class=\"docsimage\" data-zdeskdocid=\"img_13426507484136962\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;width: 1089px;height: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-ed2b4a70d78391973c4a0b380fe1b3f6.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u>0.67L :<\/u><\/div>\n<div><u><img decoding=\"async\" data-zdeskdocselectedclass=\"\" class=\"docsimage\" data-zdeskdocid=\"img_37400945911894223\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;width: 1095px;height: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-3159d7db535b3c5356f9b259f8ffa776.png\" \/><\/u><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><u>0.75L :<\/u><\/span><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" data-zdeskdocselectedclass=\"\" class=\"docsimage\" data-zdeskdocid=\"img_46830249579479055\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;width: 1099px;height: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-7019aa7a4ba6859aa86669536478fade.png\" \/><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18px;line-height: normal\" class=\"size\"><b><span class=\"colour\">Perpendicular (Smart Points)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal\"><span class=\"colour\">When the Perpendicular object snap mode is active, the cursor snaps to a point perpendicular to the picked entity.<\/span><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18px;line-height: normal\" class=\"size\"><b><span class=\"colour\">Start\/ End\/ Corner<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal\"><span class=\"colour\">When the Start\/ End\/ Corner object snap mode is active, the nearest Start\/ End\/ Corner point of the picked entity to the point selected is snapped.<\/span><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18px;line-height: normal\" class=\"size\"><b><span class=\"colour\">Middle\/Center<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal\"><span class=\"colour\">When the Middle\/ Center object snap mode is active, the cursor snaps to the middle\/ center of the picked entity.<\/span><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18px;line-height: normal\" class=\"size\"><b><span class=\"colour\">Stepwise Polar (CTRL)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal\"><span class=\"colour\">When the stepwise polar mode is active, the object (except wall and beam) can be inserted with the angle step by holding down the CTRL key.<\/span><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18px;line-height: normal\" class=\"size\"><b><span class=\"colour\">Osnap Tracking (Extensions)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal\"><span class=\"colour\">When osnap tracking is active, the extensions to the endpoints of axes is snapped.<\/span><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18px;line-height: normal\" class=\"size\"><b><span class=\"colour\">Orthogonal Grid<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20px;font-style: 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