Altium Designer Tutorial 4: How to do Object Snapping in Altium Designer 21.

#Object #Snapping in #Altium Designer 21
It is often impossible or impractical to define a grid that all design objects fall on to. In that situation you might need to position a new design object at an off-grid location. The software supports this through a feature called Object Snap, which is essentially a range of attraction around that object's hotspot. Hotspots only exist at meaningful locations, such as the center of a pad or via, and the end points of track segments.
Enable the required snap points in the Objects for snapping list in the Properties panel.
This is a dual-axis system, where the mouse cursor must within the Snap Distance on both the X and Y axes, in order for the object to pull the cursor towards that hotspot. Object hotspot snapping provides an aid to routing electrical objects, especially those which may not fall on the active snap grid. The Snap Distance is configured in the Properties panel, when there are no objects selected in the workspace.
Off-grid objects can be snapped to, using the object hotspot snapping feature.Off-grid objects can be snapped to, using the object hotspot snapping feature.
The #Objects for #snapping feature has three modes, use the buttons in the Snapping section of the Properties panel to select the required mode, or use the #Shift+E keyboard shortcut to cycle through the modes as you work:
#Current Layer - hotspot snap is enabled for the current layer. That is, the cursor will snap to object hotspots on the current layer only. This mode is reflected on the Status Bar as (#Hotspot Snap).
#All Layers - hotspot snap is enabled for all visible layers. That is, the cursor will snap to object hotspots on any layer, not just the current layer. This mode is reflected on the Status Bar as (#Hotspot #Snap (#All Layers)).
Off - #hotspot snapping is disabled. The Status Bar displays nothing about Hotspot snap in this mode.
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