Snap To Curve Doesn't Work

[user_deleted]

I'm trying to snap a circle to a curve. I checked my move tool settings and Move Axis is set to World. Generally, I pick the circle and then click on the Snap to Curve icon. That doesn't work. Then I clicked on the icon first before selecting the circle and that doesn't work either. I've searched through past posts too. What am I doing wrong?

[gentlesea]

I have no problems snapping a NURBS circle to a curve i created. You are aware that the snapping point is actually the pivot point of the circle? The "Snap to curves" icon has to be activated before you do that, not while you are doing it or afterwards. And I suggest using one of the orthographic views, such as Top View, Front View or Side View. Did this help?

[joojaa]

Trick is to use middle mouseclick on the point where you want the initial sarch area to be otherwise you might mness a aedge altogether and miss snap too.

[dennisvercauteren]

select circle
move it, until the midpoint of the circle is somewhere near your curve
then press and hold "C"
(the middel of your cursor wil change from a square to a circle,
then 1 clic on the curve and circle at hte same time and hold

your circle is now snapping on your curve and move while holding your leftmouse button to the disired place

my english is to bad to explane it
maybe someone else can translate it better
but this is the way I do this

good luck

[joojaa]

QUOTE(dennisverca @ 07/03/07, 01:56 PM) [snapback]269106[/snapback]
move it, until the midpoint of the circle is somewhere near your curve

Dont do it this way, start using your middle mouse button for snapping. Se what heppens is when you click on the screen maya selects the curve or edge to snap ON, it does not change it afterwards, it gets the one closest to the point snapped failing thats snaps nothing.

However if you begin snapping with left nouse you must be at the center of the triad, hence the pre operation of moving it closer.

HOWEVER: maya uses 3 button mouses, now the middlemost (or press the scroll wheel it acts as middle button) button acts as do the operation here modifier. So you can entirely skip the phase above by midle clicking (hold it downa dn move sideways) in the vicinity of the curve, no matter where the object to move is.

This brings us the nice side effect, because maya users know this (but beginners dont). So maya users dont necceserily see the new feature added in maya 8.5 of click building as something new. Se whatever you create or copy something even if its not visible, you can still snap it into the screen by middlemouse clicking.

Same with d hotkey, say you want to rotate the object around a point, so what you do is hit d and v down frget dragging the gizmo just middle drag around the point area. This saves you alot of time as your mouse is presumably allready over the target area.

So the above is working advice but also the slightly bad one. It works but ist not the way you should work.

[dennisvercauteren]

thanks, tried it and love it
is there anything you don't know.

sincerly yours

[joojaa]

Lots of things in fact, for example i don't know yet will this geometry creator im writing will work or not untill i compile and see. But no i know nowhere near enough.

Anyway most of the info i have in my head is because i know how to read technical documentation. Its like drawing on paper. Many people cant do it, because they think people who can do, do it at once. They cant fathom the amount of effort a picture can take to make. And they cant understand that a eraser is actually VERY important part of the process as is reference. SO they give it a try and don't see the same results and quit at that moment.

Try this:

whenever you encounter something new at your disposal read the manual first, you will be frustrated at first but you will notice you get better ate it. Its the path to becoming a guru.