darkcosmos on 27/2/2005 at 16:12
I'm confused by Grid snapping/vertex snapping.
I have my grid size set to 16, and both grid snapping and vertex snapping on (both little icons at the bottom of the editor are green), but when I drag a builder cube around, or move individual vertices around with the Vertex Editing tool, they don't LOOK like they're snapping to the grid on the top and side views.
The points are always a little bit off from the grid corners, maybe 3/4 of the way between grid boxes. Is this how it is supposed to look? Am I missing a setting somewhere?
darkcosmos on 27/2/2005 at 16:43
Okay, it seems that when I build a box in multiples of 16, it will snap to the grid perfectly.
That makes sense. But shouldn't the vertices still snap to the grid when you moved them individually, no matter what the original dimensions of your builder box were?
Stardog on 27/2/2005 at 16:54
Quote Posted by darkcosmos
Okay, it seems that when I build a box in multiples of 16, it will snap to the grid perfectly.
That makes sense. But shouldn't the vertices still snap to the grid when you moved them individually, no matter what the original dimensions of your builder box were?
When you move vertices, they will snap to whatever size you have the grid set at. They will not necessarily snap to the visible grid lines, unless they were already aligned to it.
So if I have a brush that is 1x1x1, and my grid is 16, then when I move one of the vertices it will resize it to 17, not 16.
Also, a small tip, if you have something selected, then change the grid size to something else, reselect the item, or the grid snapping will mess up.
darkcosmos on 27/2/2005 at 17:04
Quote Posted by Stardog
So if I have a brush that is 1x1x1, and my grid is 16, then when I move one of the vertices it will resize it to 17, not 16.
Hmm... still not sure I follow (although I am quite dense when it comes to math). Are you saying it will snap to 17 because your dimensions are all odd numbers? Or is it the offset of one grid mark from the starting point, which falls outside a grid mark?
darkcosmos on 27/2/2005 at 17:25
Right, so what you're actually snapping is the OFFSET between your starting point and ending point.
In this case, because your starting point was not matched up to the grid, your ending point won't be either. I think I get it now.
Stardog on 27/2/2005 at 17:27
Quote Posted by darkcosmos
In this case, because your starting point was not matched up to the grid, your ending point won't be either.
Exactly.
darkcosmos on 27/2/2005 at 17:50
Thanks for the help. NOw if I can only learn to start thinking in multiples of 128... :cheeky:
Eshaktaar on 27/2/2005 at 18:11
When you are vertex editing, you can right click on the vertices you just moved to make them snap to the grid.
