max snap vertex to grid issue
polycounter lvl 17
I am having issues snapping verts to the grid in max, they always snap from a relative position to the grid, if a vert is a few pixels from a grid point and I snap them to another grid point then they are a few pixels from that grid point.
In other posts it's suggested that you have to snap the object pivot to the grid but I still get the same issue.
Any ideas, I have snap to Grid points and Vertex ticked in the grid and snap settings and get the same problem in snapping in 2d, 2.5d and 3d modes.
In other posts it's suggested that you have to snap the object pivot to the grid but I still get the same issue.
Any ideas, I have snap to Grid points and Vertex ticked in the grid and snap settings and get the same problem in snapping in 2d, 2.5d and 3d modes.
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I remember in past versions what a pain it was to snap and the trouble with the offset you are describing... hated it with a passion, but since they overhauled it, I can't complain, its perfect.
They reworked snaps in 2011 or 2012 so they aren't as jacked up as they used to be. They added a round point to the gizmo that actually snaps to the vert. In the past I think it would select the vert but the position would be based on where your mouse was so if you where a few pixels away from the vert and still able to select it, it would grab it but be offset, what a mess that was. I think if you turned down your "snap preview radius" it would help make it a bit more precise but it wasn't fixed perfectly until 2011-2012.
Also in past versions, whatever you have max set to for units would effect snap precision quite a bit. Snaps liked standard max units and didn't play very well with US standard or metric, especially if you started working on a small scale.