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<h2>5.2 Context snapping</h2>
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When <em>context snapping</em> is enabled, certain features of the
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objects of your current drawing become magnetic. There are three
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buttons to enable three different features of your objects: vertices,
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the boundary, and intersection points.
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<p>When the mouse is too far away from the nearest interesting feature,
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the mouse position will not be "snapped". The snapping distance can
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be changed by setting <em>Snapping distance</em> value in the preference
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dialog. If you use a high setting, you will need to toggle snapping
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on and off during drawing. Some people prefer to set snapping on once
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and for all, and to set the snap distance to a very small value like 3
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<p>The features that you can make "magnetic" are the following:
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<dt><b>vertices</b><dd> are vertices of polygonal objects, control points of
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multiplicity three of splines, centers of circles and ellipses,
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centers and end points of circular arcs, and mark positions.
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<dt><b>boundaries</b><dd> are the object boundaries of polygonal objects,
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splines and splinegons, circles and ellipses, and circular arcs.
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<dt><b>intersections</b><dd> are the intersection points between the
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boundaries of path objects.
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