Acad14 Convert:........is it me or do the OSNAPS in Acad2004-5 suck??!!

I have to constently double check my work to make sure my drawings are
snap-accurate. Many a times I see bad interections. Acad14 seems to be much
better and more OSNAP reliable.

 

Well, unless you tell us more, we're just going to have to say it's you!
After all, no one likes to admit to having bad interections, though it can
happen to the best of us.

Joking aside, you're going to have to tell us more. I use snaps in 2004 the
same as always, and I don't notice any difference. I do find tracking harder
to do than it used to be though.

G Faris

 

My main problem is that the OSNAP acquisitions are much slower and I can't trust
it. It acts like it snapped to something but it didn't. I have to alter my
speed, meaning slow down so the OSNAP can catch up. ACAD14 is much faster at
OSNAP acquisition.

 

I cannot answer the question.
I am not a "lightning snap" draftsman myself. I see some
demonstrations at trade shows etc where they snap through dimensions
so quickly I can't even see the pointer move. In ten minutes they've
drawn up a whole shopping mall in front of your eyes, to show how
quick and easy the product is. I am more of a plodding, methodical
type, who does not like errors in drawings, so I let my snaps get
"seated" before clicking.

Perhaps it's time to upgrade your workstation(s). I have noticed in
some cases that OSNAPS are not completely transparent with regard to
material resources. If you snap to points within XREFS, for example,
it can make very large demands on your processor load. It gets VERY
slow, and if you don't have a powerhouse workstation it can even lock
your system up or cause it to crash. I have had this happen with R14,
before upgrading my system, and even now I try to avoid using snaps
within external references.

My own gripe about 2004DX is that I cannot use tracking the way I
used to in R14. I'm sure I can do it, actually, but they've changed
something,and I will have to dig back into the books to find out what
I have to do. It used to be easy, for example, to turn tracking on
and click two verticies on a rectangle to select the center of the
rectangle. Now, using their "temporary tracking points" that doesn't
work any more.

I hope others here can help with your OSNAP question. Good luck.

Greg Faris