Forgive me if this is a simple answer as I am new to this. I’ve worked in Solidworks but Shapr3d is a learning curve itself due to a more basic tool set.
I have a slot that I am trying to center on a midline. I see a point, but I cannot snap to it. I have attached a photo.
As a secondary question, is there an easier way to make slots? I see no slot sketch tool so I manually drew the circles and rectangle and then trimmed away the excess.
Another related question…
Let’s say I want to position a circle X distance from the top edge in this case, what is the easiest way to do this? It seems Shapr does not have a basic dimension type tool to set such distances?
EDIT: I found that it depends how I select the circle in this case.
Hey @JordanYOW,
While dragging the point of the slot, touch the purple midpoint, and then move away from it. This will activate the center line as a guide that you can snap to.
Thanks Istvan. On a related note, how can I align/centre a model on an axis? Let’s say I want the axis origin to be centered X and Y on the model, how do I do this? There doesn’t seem to be any “snap to” happening.
Hi @JordanYOW,
With the Translate tool, you can snap to origin points and midpoints too. Please take a look at the video below, I hope it will be helpful:
If the point on your model is not the center point of any surface, you can create a sketch with an intersection at the specific point to snap to when you define the first point of translation.
This is on a surface, what about lines?
Can’t find a midpoint most of the time on edges.
Correct, you should be able to snap to midpoints. We’ll look into that!
Here’s an alternative way to produce slots…
