{"id":2145,"date":"2021-09-21T07:31:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T07:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcadplus.com\/wp\/?page_id=2145"},"modified":"2025-05-26T07:05:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T07:05:27","slug":"using-grips-to-edit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gcadplus.com\/wp\/using-grips-to-edit\/","title":{"rendered":"Using grips to edit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The efficiency of landscape design drafting can be improved by understanding how to edit a drawing using grips. Every entity placed in a gCADPlus landscape drawing has several defined snap points. When the entity is selected, these grips are blue-coloured squares located at strategic points on the entity. Editing commands such as move, copy, rotate, join, and more can be done without calling the command from a toolbar or drop-down menu item. This dramatically improves efficiency.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\ufffc Demonstrating\u00a0how to edit designs using grips.<\/p>\n

Tip: If you cannot see the grip (handle) when an entity is selected, the grip visibility (display) may have been turned off. This sometimes happens without a user being aware of it.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"YouTube<\/a> Here is a movie showing how to change a Global setting in the gCADPlus environment to enable grip visibility<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Every entity placed in a gCADPlus landscape drawing has several defined snap points. For example, jumping to the mid or end point of a line, the centre of a circle or the centre of an arc is easy. These points are indicated by \u2018handles\u2019 or \u2018grips\u2019 that vary according to entity type. The figure below shows many of the \u2018primitive\u2019 entities in gCADPlus and their respective handles (or grips).<\/p>\n

\"Grips\"<\/p>\n

Entity snaps enable quick selection of exact points on existing entities without knowing the precise coordinates of those points. You start a command – for example, the LINE command, and select a start point(say), the end, then locate a destination point on a line, arc, the centre point of a circle, or the intersection of any two entities. The location does not even have to be an entity. Entity snaps can be used to draw entities that are tangential or perpendicular to existing entities.
\nThe following entity snap \u2018jump\u2019 points are available: Centre, Near, End, Mid, Node (Point), Quadrant (Grip), Tangent, Perpendicular, Near, Insertion, and Intersection<\/p>\n

The required entity snap is usually selected from the osnap toolbar each time it is needed. However, an alternative, and much more
\nefficient method when asked for a \u2018to point\u2019 is to simply right click and choose \u2018snap overrides\u2019.<\/p>\n

More on grips.<\/a><\/p>\n

Snapping to the quadrant of a circle – the Grips option<\/h4>\n

It is not immediately obvious, but the grips’ osnap option allows snapping to each of the four quadrants of a circle (or part of a circle – an arc).<\/p>\n

Running osnaps vs. one-time osnap<\/h4>\n

Beginners usually choose a single \u2018one-off \u2018 selection. However, sometimes you will want a snap selection to stay active. In
\nthis case, set a running osnap. The Drafting Settings dialogue box – the osnap tab – can be used for that purpose. To activate it, right-click in the drawing editor and select drafting settings and the osnap tab.<\/p>\n

To set a running osnap, select the first tick box – \u201cObject snap on\u201c, then select the required osnap – end, int, node etc.
\nThe F3 function key is a toggle for switching running osnaps on or off.<\/p>\n

Tip: Try to minimise the number of option boxes you tick. If you run with many snap options on simultaneously, the software will spend far too much time hunting for handles on elements in the drawing. This is mainly a problem in crowded areas of the drawing. You may well find that the to point is not where you expect it to be, simply because the software has jumped to a handle that you did not see.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The efficiency of landscape design drafting can be improved by understanding how to edit a drawing using grips. Every entity placed in a gCADPlus landscape drawing has several defined snap points. When the entity is selected, these grips are blue-coloured squares located at strategic points on the entity. 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