rlackore Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 When I use the Regular Polygon tool (CAD>Boxes>Regular Polygon) I can only insert it into an open area of the drawing. If I move the cursor over (or close to) existing geometry or objects, the polygon disappears and when I click to insert the polygon the command terminates. Why do I care? Because often when I'm inserting a polygon I want to snap it directly to a known point on another piece of geometry. Is this the default behavior for this command? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I agree, that's a wonky implementation. But you can place it in a free space and then drag it to the point you want to snap to.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlackore Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 I agree, that's a wonky implementation. But you can place it in a free space and then drag it to the point you want to snap to.. Yes, but then I lose the very convenient fact that while the command is still active I can keep inserting polygons. I know, I know - inserting into a blank area, terminating the command, selecting and copying the polygon so I can start pasting is only a matter of a dozen clicks and keystrokes - but that's the way this forum evaluates CA, by the number of clicks and keystrokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebdesign Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 You also lose the center snap point of the polygon when re-selecting & attempting to move via point-to-point. It's easy enough to get the center w/ perpendicular extensions on, but........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlackore Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 You also lose the center snap point of the polygon when re-selecting & attempting to move via point-to-point. It's easy enough to get the center w/ perpendicular extensions on, but........... ...which is also a really strange behavior, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I find that I don't loose the polygon if I left click and continue the click dragging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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