Snap to Adjacent Surface

Select a surface and choose an adjacent surface to snap to.
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1 . Click the Snap to Adjacent Surface icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be found on the Layout page > Navigate section.

Alternative: Invoke Snap to Adjacent Surface using the Find Tool by searching the command name and clicking the icon, which is pictured above.

2 . The status line prompts, "Locate surface", and the Locate - Pan - Return mouse bindings become active. Left-click (Locate) the material surface.

Alternative: Right-click (Return) or press Esc to end the command.

3 . The status line prompts, "Snap to this Adjacent Surface?" The Accept - Next - Return mouse bindings become active. Left-click (Accept) to snap to the adjacent side surface, which is outlined in cyan.

Alternative 1: Middle-click (Next) to cycle to a different adjacent surface. The command will end when you cycle through the last available adjacent surface.

Alternative 2: Right-click (Return) or press Esc to end the command.

4 . The adjacent surface you located fills your view. Depth checking of the view is adjusted per User and Site Options > Modeling > Snap to adjacent/farside.

  • The material surface must be displayed in one of the three solid forms in order for you to perform this operation.
  • Use this tool before adding holes or material to the surface, for example.
  • The depth check In and Out settings of this view are set by User and Site Options > Modeling > Snap to adjacent/farside.
  • Snap to Adjacent Surface draws a blinking cyan outline around the nearest adjacent surface not shown in the view, then the next nearest, and so on until you left-click (Accept) or have exhausted all the possibilities.
  • The surface that this operation brings you to will be displayed in a brighter color. This highlighting serves as an indicator that the surface is the work plane of your view.