Osnap & Autosnap Settings

[vannaje]

Could anyone give me an idea as to why my Osnap settings and my Autosnap settings change every time I open a different drawing? There may be other variables that are not holding but the snap settings are pretty apparent and frustrating. Where exactly are these settings stored?

[ccowgill]

Could anyone give me an idea as to why my Osnap settings and my Autosnap settings change every time I open a different drawing? There may be other variables that are not holding but the snap settings are pretty apparent and frustrating. Where exactly are these settings stored?

The settings for OSMODE are stored in the registry. The only reason I can think of that they are changing, is some program could be changing the settings, or some poorly written code could be changing it temporarily, but not changing it back.

[irneb]

Does this happen as soon as you've opened a drawing. Or only after you've issued a command?

If the 1st, it's probably some lisp inside your ACADDOC.LSP file which sets object snaps.

[brandenz]

you may want to check your startup suite as well to see if there is a routine in there that might change the osmode variable.

[simons_d]

Create a NORMALIZE LISP ROUTINE and add it to the STARTUP SUITE
so that you can get back to normal whenever the settings get messed up.

Set your osnaps the way you like, then
Type in OSMODE to find out the number code for those settings.

Make yourself a NORMALIZE COMMAND sort of like this :

;;; NORMALIZE ( RESET FAVORITE SETTINGS )

( defun c:NORMALIZE ()
( COMMAND "OSMODE" "###" ) ; use osmode number code
( COMMAND "PICKBOX" "4" )
( COMMAND "-COLOR" "BYLAYER" )
( COMMAND "CURSORSIZE" "50" )
( COMMAND "FILLMODE" "1" )
( COMMAND "SNAPANG" "0d" )
( COMMAND "UCSICON" "2" ) ; for 2d icon
)

This is my NORMALIZE ROUTINE,
but there are many other settings that can be made a part
of your own CUSTOM NORMALIZE ROUTINE

Of course, there may be a better way. I PLEAD DUMBNITUDE !
and defer to the better users.

[brandenz]

Create a NORMALIZE LISP ROUTINE and add it to the STARTUP SUITE
so that you can get back to normal whenever the settings get messed up.

Set your osnaps the way you like, then
Type in OSMODE to find out the number code for those settings.

Make yourself a NORMALIZE COMMAND sort of like this :

;;; NORMALIZE ( RESET FAVORITE SETTINGS )

( defun c:NORMALIZE ()
( COMMAND "OSMODE" "###" ) ; use osmode number code
( COMMAND "PICKBOX" "4" )
( COMMAND "-COLOR" "BYLAYER" )
( COMMAND "CURSORSIZE" "50" )
( COMMAND "FILLMODE" "1" )
( COMMAND "SNAPANG" "0d" )
( COMMAND "UCSICON" "2" ) ; for 2d icon
)

This is my NORMALIZE ROUTINE,
but there are many other settings that can be made a part
of your own CUSTOM NORMALIZE ROUTINE

Of course, there may be a better way. I PLEAD DUMBNITUDE !
and defer to the better users.

I created a button for times when I have found my snaps reset, it works invisibly so you can use it while in another command (as another choice for the above quote)
'osmode;####; (where #### is your osmode number after you set it to your liking)