There is probably no reason for this to annoy me at all. But when all I want is to add a relation to a line and it picks the midpoint, well just start over because it inadvertently selects the midpoint instead.
No bother that I pay $2000 per year (just one person) for software maintenance.
And this is not even an enhancement - just a bad decision that needs to be addressed.
What is the point then really, of paying for software maintenance?
I'm sure this catches most people out, but I do use it a lot.
The trick to avoid catching it, I learnt early on, is to zoom in close and get a better/bigger target to select.
Using the wheel on the mouse is straight forward, also push and pull on a "SpaceNavigator" becomes second nature.
In this case, there are settings to control everything except snapping to midpoints:
It still snaps to midpoints - no matter what.
And evidently, so many people are so totally entralled with this behavior that they have decided it would be the one setting that would not be user-configurable...
You cannot deselect Midpoints because you have not enabled other snapping to allow it turned off.
This setting does not ever select midpoints unless I tell it that's the relation:
With this setting, I cannot select a Midpoint even when Selection Filter Midpoints is on. It selects the line instead in this case, oddly enough. That selection filter alone would normally only select midpoints, but this way it is overridden by System Options.
Ref 2017(oops) 2016 SP5. (resetting my setting back to normal after this tweak)
John's correct here. Some setting exists for most everything.
of course, that makes a lot of sense - let me turn off midpoint snapping by turning ON snapping to everything else?
regardless, it still snaps to mid-points even with this setting.
My setting above never allows me to select a midpoint. I am sorry that your results vary. I tried.
Attitude isn't helping, frankly. We're fellow users. We pay same. I understand that you're dissatisfied. Bringing up subscription payments is like complaining about gravity, a ubiquitous condition that few of us can defy, alter, or improve.
actually, I think it is very pertinent, because that is what we are paying subscription fees for.
Apparently you have not been on subscription for quite a while, so you don't see this behavior.
So, how is it that you are paying the same?
You're not the one. It really bothers me when I try to measure or to add dimension to a line. It's picked the midpoint if I happen to select a point closed to the midpoint
Well, when it comes time, vote for this idea:
Automatically select midpoint only by hovering over the middle 50% of a line
Now we're getting somewhere - at least some attention to the issue, rather than 'Oh, everyone thinks compulsory midpoint snapping is so lovely'.
But how about just making it configurable? Now that can't be so tough.
Never ever understood the midpoint snapping....... if I want that I can put a sketch point at the mid point or use the split line and make them both equal... but mid point snapping?????
Right - the automatic midpoint snapping added no functionality.
You can still always right-click the line and choose 'snap to midpoint'.
yep in my few years off from the program I have gotten lost for the sketch snap settings... There are some that I have not gotten around to getting set or that I cant set anymore. Seems like automatic sketch relations setting could be turned off but that could lead to a whole other ball of troubles.
If you ask me there are 5,000 more options than there used to be for setting up SolidWorks than there where in 2002. Lots more functions like depending on where you right click different menu options show up, along with what command that your in. It can drive you nuts trying to keep up with it all.
There are so many applications. I can accept the fact that some people use snap settings, but in my environment(s), I have mostly modeled parts from drawings to manufacture or inspect them. I cannot afford to let the system assume anything for me. I put in every relationship explicitly. Even when I am designing something - I want to use my own design parameters, not accept some default.
I am really surprised that the developers of SolidWorks do not understand this.
When i have a situation where i don't want to use automatic relations - i hold down CTRL and sketch (now no automatic relations are added), then add my own relations.
Works fine for me
There may be an issue with your installation.. Did you check with your VAR??
Everything seems to be working fine with my installation. To my understanding it is working according to software intent. I don't recall the description of the midpoint snap including any means of avoiding it.
Does holding the CTRL key down inhibit the behavior for you? I am on SW 2018; sp1 I suppose.
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So, a more direct response is no - I have not contacted my VAR regarding why holding the CTRL does not avert the midpoint snap.
