Metric Tutorials - Autodesk

Modifying Snap Settings
25 Proceed to the next exercise, Modifying Snap Settings on page 79.
In this exercise, you modify snap settings. Snap settings are system settings that are applied to all projects
and not saved within a project file. You can turn snap settings on and off, or use the shortcut keys to force
a particular snap method. In this exercise, you modify snap increments, work with snapping turned off, and
use shortcut keys to control snapping on an instance basis.
Modify snap increments
1 Click File menu ➤ New ➤ Project to open a new Revit Structure project.
2 In the New Project dialog, under Template file, click Browse.
3 In the left pane of the Choose Template dialog, click Training Files, and open
Metric\m_Tutorial_Default.rte.
4 In the New Project dialog, click OK.
5 Click Settings menu ➤ Snaps.
Notice that you can modify both length and angular snap increments. As you zoom in and out
within a view, Revit Structure uses the largest increment that represents less than 2 mm in the
drawing area. You can add an increment by entering the value with a semicolon after it.
6 Under Dimension Snaps, click in the Length dimension snap increments box following the
value 1000; and enter 500;.
7 Under Object Snaps, notice the 2-letter acronyms next to each object snap option.
These are shortcut keys that you can use at any time when working on the design. For example,
if you want to snap an object to a wall midpoint, enter SM and only midpoint snaps are
recognized until you perform an action. After you click to place the object at the midpoint,
snapping reverts to the system default settings.
8 In the Snaps dialog, click OK.
9 On the Modelling tab of the Design Bar, click Structural Wall.
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