Precision Movement

Bryan K

I have found and turned off the "snap to" function, but I still cannot get smooth, precise movement and placement.

What am I doing wrong, if anything? This is driving me crazy and proving to be very frustrating.

boofredlay

What kind of precice movement and placement are you seeking?

You know you always have the option to type in the exact distance you wish to move an object. The VCB at the bottom right of your screen shows you your distance.

Example: select an object and start moving it in the desired direction. Before you place it by clicking again, simply type in 3'-7 21/256" (as an example) and enter. Or if it is inches you can simply type 5 and it will move 5 inches.

Does this help?

Bryan K

Sorta. I know about entering exact measurements, but I don't really know what those measurements are. I'm more about "eyeballing" when putting parts together and then getting measurements.

But it seems I can't even get to block to fit together, whether face on or at right angles. The move tool is like using a sledgehammer. Most of the tools seem to jump around, no matter how slow I move my mouse. Perhaps I need to change my mouse settings?

boofredlay

How small of a scale are you working in?

The behavior you are describing sounds like your snapping is set too high or you are working in an extremly small scale. You say you have turned off your "snap to" function, do you mean you have unchecked the "Enable length snapping"?

Here is a screen grab of the Units settings I have as a default:

Notice the snapping I have set at 1/4 inch.
Can you attach a screen grab of your settings?

Edit: As you mentioned... what kind of mouse do you have and what kind of drivers did you install? (Tom, are you watching?)
A few of us have experienced some issues with mouse drivers, however I did not experience what you seem to be.

Bryan K

Thanks Boofredlay.

I have turned off "Enable length snapping" and set "Precision" to 0". Same results.

I'm working on a small house model.

I'm beginning to suspect I don't have a powerful enough computer.

I'm using an optical mouse with about 3-400dpi, a 128mg video card, slightly less than 1gig RAM and a 7200rpm HDD on a 100mhz bus. AMD 1.7ghz P4. There is no room for more RAM (poor mobo design). Nor can I upgrade the cpu for the same reasons. I might be able to upgrade the vid card. I'm thinking about going with something that uses DDR. I had good results with a customer's computer after installing one for them. The HDD is brand new. (Seagate Barracuda) I have a 19" LCD monitor.

In other words, it's an old computer.