Snaps and Jumps

You can use snaps or jumps to move accurately onto any existing part of, or specific position in, a drawing.

Snaps

When you are in a snap mode, the cursor moves exactly onto an existing part of the drawing and the point that is snapped to is accepted.

A snap mode is useful if you need to continuously snap onto the same type of point. For example, if you are drawing lines between grid points and need to continually snap onto the grid points the snap mode saves you having to jump to the point and then accept it as two separate actions.

You can tell which snap mode you are in by the shape of the cursor.

Jumps

A jump moves your cursor exactly onto an existing part of the drawing, such as the end of a line. It is performed on request. If you want to accept the point that you have jumped to, such as the first point of a line, or as a point through which a geometry line must pass, etc., you can press [Enter] or click. If you move your mouse off the exact position before you press [Enter] or click, the point is lost and you have to perform the jump again.