@wo3dan said:
I don't think this is possible, to have it turned off by default.
SU checks if there is one single face/with clean loop in the selection (to create the component) that is sharing the same 3D space/plane with a larger face. If that is the case, then 'gluing to' is turned on as option at the time of creating the component. You can still turn it off.
I guess I misunderstood the behaviour - what I should have said is that every time I make a component - and I pay attention to the 'glue to' attribute, I turn it off.... i.e. it's my default, not SU's!
@wo3dan said:
No, editing a component in editing context does not give you this "opportunity", not by choice, nor by mistake.
You can change the components property to 'Glue to: .....' by selecting the component in the component browser and by editing its properties right there. Already placed components however will still be unglued.
(This is about native SU tools / Ruby plugins can act different.)
Thanks for the clarification. While SU is simple in metaphor - a 3d sketching tool - there are many aspects to its behaviour that are not simple at all, because of the multiple interaction of states and conditions of tools, entities, structures and their modifying processes.
Unfortunately the existing official documentation is extremely 'thin' is describing the more subtle aspects of SU.
As a new forum member, I really appreciate the assistance of people who have that knowledge and are generous in sharing it.
So thanks to all that replied to my post. Very helpful, and a good antidote to the occasionally unavoidable frustration of working with such a powerful - and not always intuitive - tool.