3DS Max Snaps not working

Impossible9

Hello everyone.

I'm having a problem with the snaps in Max, it's really weird.
Snapping works fine while creating objects, be they primitives, splines or bones.
But when I try to move or edit objects, it doesn't work, it's as if I didn't even have snaps turned on! It's really annoying.

If anyone could help, that would be great.

Jet_Pilot

try grabbing the gizo's handles instead of the verts

Bartalon

If you're grabbing the gizmo from the center (the yellow circle) this actually overrides snapping settings. As Jet_Pilot suggested, you will need to use the handles for snapping.

Butthair

Be sure that in your snap settings something is checked... Preferably the setting you want to snap with.

Impossible9

Butthair wrote: »

Be sure that in your snap settings something is checked... Preferably the setting you want to snap with.

Bartalon wrote: »

If you're grabbing the gizmo from the center (the yellow circle) this actually overrides snapping settings. As Jet_Pilot suggested, you will need to use the handles for snapping.

Jet_Pilot wrote: »

try grabbing the gizo's handles instead of the verts

Thank you all for your replies. My snap settings are set to snap to vertices, and I also tried snapping to the grid. As I said before, snapping works, but only when creating objects. It doesn't work when moving or editing objects, though, and that is my problem.

I always use the gizmo handles for moving.
Grabbing the circle in the center doesn't allow me to move the object at all.

All this is not file-specific either, if I open another file or create a new one, the problem persists.

Butthair

If you use handles then it might be that the Use Axis Constraint is on, should be in one of the tabs when you open up the Snap Settings one. I think it's called Options, the checkbox should be at the bottom.

Also, in your Snap Settings, make sure the dropdown is set to Standard.

Vailias

see if any info in this helps.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h043mlcQJHw"]3ds Max Snap options demo - YouTube[/ame]

Impossible9

Butthair wrote: »

If you use handles then it might be that the Use Axis Constraint is on, should be in one of the tabs when you open up the Snap Settings one. I think it's called Options, the checkbox should be at the bottom.

Also, in your Snap Settings, make sure the dropdown is set to Standard.

Checking/unchecking axis constraints does nothing, apart from what you'd expect it to do, which is enabling/disabling the axis constraints.
The dropdown menu is set to standard.

This is what my Grid and Snap Settings window looks like:

Vailias wrote: »

see if any info in this helps.

Unfortunately I already knew all that, but thanks anyway.

Vailias

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Vailias

Dug around the web figuring someone had to have had this issue before you.
I found a solution.

customize>Preferences>Gizmos tab

Move/rotate transforms section (bottom of the window)
Make sure its set to Intersection rather than Projection.

Memory

In the "snaps" tab, I typically have one or the other selected. (grid or vertex snapping) Using grid snapping in any kind of perspective view is usually not usable (unless creating a primitive on the grid.)

Just in case this helps you find your solution.

Impossible9

Vailias wrote: »

Dug around the web figuring someone had to have had this issue before you.
I found a solution.

customize>Preferences>Gizmos tab

Move/rotate transforms section (bottom of the window)
Make sure its set to Intersection rather than Projection.

Yes, that fixed it! Thank you!