Use Snap Commands
Snap commands use geometric calculations to help you specify coordinates more easily and accurately. Snaps can either calculate a snap point using existing geometry, or use parameters that you enter during a command. Snap commands, as opposed to running snaps, are single-instance snaps that you initiate each time you need one. They apply to the current command only.
There is no visual feedback in graphic views when you calculate (snap) to a point, but the coordinate of the point is entered into the control in which you are working.
To use a snap command:
- When you are in a COGO control, move your cursor into a graphic view and right-click. A context menu displays snap command options, depending on the control you are using.
- Select one of the snap commands. The snap's command pane displays.
- Specify parameters for the snap.
- Click to return to the original COGO control.
Note: Snap commands supersede running snap modes.
Stacked commands
To help you calculate a certain value, you can "stack" multiple snap commands. This means that you can access one snap command from within another until you have several snap commands stacked upon one another in the Command Pane.
