Use the Ortho tool to snap to the closest orthogonal point in a drawing. You can specify the orthogonal angle in the Drawing snap settings dialog box. Using ortho snapping is useful if you need to place associative notes in a consistent manner, or sketch a polygon using a certain angle, for example. You can use predefined ortho angles and specify custom angles.
- To activate orthogonal snapping, on the File menu, click Settings and select the Ortho check box. By default, the keyboard shortcut is O.
- Open a drawing and on the File menu, click . Note that you have the same snap settings available in the model, but these settings have no effect on drawings.
- Set the snapping angles using one or both of the following ways:
- Angle interval : Select the check box next to Angle interval and then select a predefined angle: 10, 15, 30, 45, 90.
- Custom angles : Select the check box next to Custom angles and define the custom angles you want to snap to, for example, 12.5 or 17.5.
- You can save different snap settings by entering a unique name in the Save as box and clicking Save as. The settings are saved in the \attributes folder under the model folder.
- Click to save and apply the new settings.
In the example below, you first add a text with a leader line using a 60 degree angle to the part:
Then you will add a new text using the same angle: