Angle Snappn'

[tp4tissue]

Would you guys say..

Angle Snapping is better for OFFICE use ?

Because cad, spread sheet, etc, mostly straight lines....




/assuming your job isn't photoshop of course,

[SpAmRaY]

I don't like angle snapping for CAD work.

[dgneo]

Can't stand angle snapping personally, no matter what the application.

[tp4tissue]

I don't like angle snapping for CAD work.

Why not, ur doing straight lines and offsets no ?

Even if you use curves, they have to be function driven..

[tp4tissue]

Can't stand angle snapping personally, no matter what the application.

ok, but why?

[dgneo]

Can't stand angle snapping personally, no matter what the application.

ok, but why?

Just doesn't feel natural to me. Granted I do most of my work in Photoshop, but still, spread sheets, gaming, etc. not a fan at all. I much prefer to deal with imperfections.

[SpAmRaY]

I don't like angle snapping for CAD work.

Why not, ur doing straight lines and offsets no ?

Even if you use curves, they have to be function driven..

It just doesn't feel right.

[tp4tissue]

Like for example

Let's say you're dragging a horizontal line across the screen in solid works..   with angle snapping, there's almost no chance, that you'll have to make a y-correction..

However, without angle snapping,  the odds of the need for correction increases..

if fact both solidworks and autocad snaps lines to points precisely to prevent you from wasting time on corrections..   so it's like anglesnapping the anglesnapping..

But regardless.. you'd be more efficient drafting with angle snapping on ..

So, even if we say 1 out of 5 draw moves require the correction.. that adds up to alot if what you do is cad....

[SpAmRaY]

Like for example

Let's say you're dragging a horizontal line across the screen in solid works..   with angle snapping, there's almost no chance, that you'll have to make a y-correction..

However, without angle snapping,  the odds of the need for correction increases..

if fact both solidworks and autocad snaps lines to points precisely to prevent you from wasting time on corrections..   so it's like anglesnapping the anglesnapping..

But regardless.. you'd be more efficient drafting with angle snapping on ..

So, even if we say 1 out of 5 draw moves require the correction.. that adds up to alot if what you do is cad....

But in AutoCAD I'm using object snaps and/or using ortho anyway and I turn those on and off on the fly so then if angle snapping is on it messes with the flow.

I can't describe it other than to say it doesn't feel natural.

[xtrafrood]

I've use hotkeys for angle snappin' for several months now. Technically not for office use though. The CGI program I have has built in 3D printing functionality, maybe that counts for something lol. I frequent Illustrator as well, does that count as office use? One day I'll learn how to AutoCAD

[munch]

snapping is built into most/all CAD tools, and it works better than angle snapping.

[tp4tissue]

snapping is built into most/all CAD tools, and it works better than angle snapping.

that's not a proper comparison.

The shortcut snapping in the tool is to make things faster.


The angle snapping on the mouse, reduces the ODDS of the need for correction,  BECAUSE, even with the software snapping,  it could still overshoot..

[xtrafrood]

Hmmm, maybe I'm butchering terminology again. I enter the target axis, then enter in the degree of rotation and voila, the face or whatever it is I'm working on snaps to the desired angle. The program itself looks like a mess because most of the alignments are done with hotkeys. Not having to remember all the measurements must be a godsend for models with more complexity.

Angle snapping via mouse seems unnecessary when most programs have some form of hotkey to aid the user

[jacobolus]

Angle snapping at the hardware level is moronic. This is a software issue.

[munch]

snapping is built into most/all CAD tools, and it works better than angle snapping.

that's not a proper comparison.

The shortcut snapping in the tool is to make things faster.


The angle snapping on the mouse, reduces the ODDS of the need for correction,  BECAUSE, even with the software snapping,  it could still overshoot..

sure it is, you can press/hold shift or whichever button you set it to, and make it draw a completely straight line.

[Findecanor]

Angle-snapping mice are ridiculous. Anyone who makes a mouse that works that way should have his angle snapped off.

I find that when I use a mouse like that, I fight it. You should never have to fight the user interface.