<aside> 💡 Holding ALT will temporarily disable all snap settings outlined below.

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Cursor

• The default state of the Rhino cursor looks like and arrow.
• When prompted to specify location in the command prompt, the arrow turns to a cross with a marker inside of it.

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• Whenever a snap or constraint is in effect, the marker will stay attached to the snap while the cross follows the mouse position.

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Grid Snaps

• You can control cursor by selecting and deselecting different options in the status bar.

  • More information about the Status Bar can be found in Layout.

    Layout

• Grid Snap only allows users to select positions on the CPlane grid.

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<aside> 💡 You can change which grid you snap to by using different viewports.

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Ortho Snap

• Ortho is short for orthogonal is means angles can only be in intervals of 45 degrees.
• Ortho can be activated in the status bar.

<aside> 💡 Ortho mode can be temporarily enabled by holding SHIFT while selecting.

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• In ortho you are not constrained by the grid, but rather by angle.