Dynamic Drafting enhances drag so that you get more feedback about aligning to points related to the cursor's location. As you move the cursor around with Dynamic Drafting enabled, ArtiosCAD displays horizontal and vertical alignment lines to points on the screen.
If ArtiosCAD can make an alignment with a point that
satisfies the current prompt on the Status bar, it shows a solid line to that point. If it finds
an alignment with a point but that alignment does not satisfy the current prompt on the Status
bar, it shows a dotted line to that point. Shown below is setting the Angle prompt for a line
using drag. Aligning with the midpoint of either the cut or crease line can satisfy the Angle
prompt for the Line tool.
In the example above, ArtiosCAD displayed the alignment point (the green square) because the cursor was within the snap tolerance to that point.
In the example below, aligning to the midpoint of the line does not satisfy the Radius prompt
of the Circle tool because the horizontal location of the proposed point is not aligned, so ArtiosCAD shows a dotted line.
However, in the different example below, because Dynamic Drafting could align the Radius prompt of the Circle tool to the point defined by the midpoints of both lines, it shows an alignment point.
Dynamic Drafting:
- works with tools that accept points in Single Design only, not in 3D or Manufacturing
- is enabled by default.
If you have already set a value in a Status bar field, ArtiosCAD does not show alignments for those fields.
Dynamic Drafting also:
- works only with layers that are turned on
- ignores geometry that is completely outside of the current view
- ignores construction lines, file windows, and details
- ignores lines created by the Hatch tool
- chooses the point that is closest to the cursor if the cursor is within 1/4 the snap tolerance distance to multiple points.
There are some restrictions to using Dynamic Drafting:
- works even if Use Drag Snap is turned off in the Snap Options dialog box.
- works with the center points of arcs if Center points of arcs is turned on in the View mode, even if Extend Points of Arcs is turned off in the Snap options dialog box
- If Extend Points of Arcs is turned on in the Snap options dialog box, ArtiosCAD considers them even if they do not appear in the current view
- does not recognize intersections with beziers
- does not recognize points created purely by tool drag, such as bezier start and end points or drag for Create Rectangle From Line
- does not work with any of the tools on the Advanced Standards toolbar.