Entity Snap Points

Entity snap points are key points on any entity that draws the mouse to certain locations along drawn entities.

There are two settings for entity snap points:

Permanent Entity Snaps:

This setting enables the entity snap points unless they are individually turned off using the "Enabled" property under the Snap Properties Tree.

Temporary Entity Snaps

This setting enables the entity snap points only for one mouse click. This type of snap is

found by holding down the Shift key and then right-clicking. A temporary snap context menu will pop up. This prevents users from having to switch on and off snaps as they draw. Simply turn one on, use it, and it will turn off automatically.

List of Entity Snaps:

Name of Snap Point	Description	Example
End Point	Snap to entity end points (lines, polylines, multilines, splines, arcs, elliptical arcs, leaders, dimensions).
Mid Point	Snap to entity mid points (lines, polylines, multilines, arcs, leaders, dimensions).
Intersection Point	Snap to intersection (between any two of the following:lines, polylines, arcs, circles, dimensions).
Center Point	Snap to entity center points of arc, circle, ellipse, elliptical arcs.
Insertion Point	Snap to insertion points (block references, hatch, facemesh, images, text, dimensions).
Nearest Point	Snap to nearest point on adjacent entity.
Node Point	Snap to entity nodes (point entity or dimension entity reference points).
Parallel Point	Snap to end point on a parallel line (when creating a line entity).
Perpendicular	Snap to an end point on a perpendicular line to adjacent entity (lines, polylines, xlines, rays, multilines, arc, circle, leader, hatch,dimension).
Polar Point	Snap to polar coordinates specified by polar angle (in the Snap tab).
Quadrant Point	Snap to quadrant (circle, arc, ellipse, elliptical arc).
Tangent Point	Snap snap tangentially to a point on an arc or circle.
Polar Angle	The incremental angle for polar snaps.