OSNAP (Command)

Sets running object snap modes.

The Object Snap tab of the Drafting Settings dialog box is displayed.

If you enter -OSNAP at the Command prompt, the following prompts are displayed.

Enter a list of object snap modes
Enter names of object snap modes separated with commas, or enter none or off.
Object Snap Modes
Specify one or more object snap modes by entering the uppercase characters of the name in the following table. If you enter more than one name, separate the names with commas.
Mode Description
ENDpoint Snaps to the closest endpoint or corner of a geometric object
MIDpoint Snaps to the midpoint of a geometric object
CENter Snaps to the center of an arc, circle, ellipse, or elliptical arc
Geometric CEnter Snaps to the centroid of any closed polylines and splines
NODe Snaps to a point object, dimension definition point, or dimension text origin
QUAdrant Snaps to a quadrant point of an arc, circle, ellipse, or elliptical arc
INTersection Snaps to the intersection of geometric objects
EXTension Causes a temporary extension line or arc to be displayed when you pass the cursor over the endpoint of objects, so you can specify points on the extension
INSertion Snaps to the insertion point of objects such as an attribute, a block, or text
PERpendicular Snaps to a point perpendicular to the selected geometric object
TANgent Snaps to the tangent of an arc, circle, ellipse, elliptical arc, polyline arc, or spline
NEArest Snaps to the nearest point on an object such as an arc, circle, ellipse, elliptical arc, line, point, polyline, ray, spline, or xline
APParent intersection Snaps to the visual intersection of two objects that do not intersect in 3D space but may appear to intersect in the current view
PARallel Constrains a new line segment, polyline segment, ray or xline to be parallel to an existing linear object that you identify by hovering your cursor
NONe Turns off object snap modes

For more information on each of these object snap modes, see the Object Snap tab of the Drafting Settings dialog box.