Snapping valves and equipment to main line
By Tom Lang on Wednesday, 14 December 2016
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Hi All,

I notice that the master valve symbol doesn't snap to the main line like the other symbols do. Is there a reason for this, or can it be fixed?

In a similar vein (as I mentioned before), why not have all the symbols rotate before the final snap, like shut-off valves do? My main lines are rarely at a perfect 180 deg, and I like my symbols aligned with the angle of the main line.

Thanks!
Tom,

If you are referring to the Master Valve auto-connecting to the mainline, it definitely does just that. Please send in the drawing (and project data files) that this is not working for and we can take a look at what might be happening.

Regarding the symbol rotation, we still have it noted and on the wishlist to implement in the future.
Jake Lott
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Jake still having this non-snapping MV thing, too. I just sent the drawing in question in regarding another issue.
Tom Lang
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Tom,

Unfortunately I am unable to replicate this issue in the drawings you sent. The only time that I could replicate is when I tried placing just the edge of the symbol onto the pipe, otherwise it would connect into the mainline every time. If you need to, send in a file that is dedicated to this issue so I can test again. In addition to the file, please explain your exact steps taken to cause your results. Thank you.
Jake Lott
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Well, for whatever reason, it works just fine on other drawings (I tested two, including a quick new drawing). Not the end of the world that it won't work in that other drawing.
Tom Lang
7 years ago
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Well, the only other things I would check for then would be to make sure it is indeed a mainline you are trying to hook to, make sure there are no z elevations or funky dview twists, and make sure the file isn't corrupted. Maybe even try Nuking the file and see if that helps. Otherwise, it sounds like you are good to go in other drawings!
Jake Lott
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Steve, I would agree with you 100%, you are a happy twisted man! Haha!. You can accomplish what you need without getting into dview twists by using our UCS tool. Are you familiar with it? If not, please take a look at the links below and try it out. Using a UCS is much easier and still allows you to position yourself around your little twisted world.

https://www.landfx.com/kb/autocad-fxcad/cad-intro/item/2972-ucs-dview-wcs.html

https://www.landfx.com/index.php/docs/admin/drawing-setup/item/137-ucs.html
Jake Lott
7 years ago
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Funky Dview twists? How dare you? I live in the funky DV twist. What do you think? I'm a building architect where I'm so proud that I think that the world revolves around my building therefore 0,0,0 is in the left hand corner of my building and everything is ortho relative to it? Alas, my fine man. I'm a landscape Architect. My work occupies a small dot on the immense universe. Due to this fact, dear friend, I live in a dview twist and a user coordinate system. Every so often I drift into the world of a snapang (Xhair Angle), but I'm soon twisted again. Yes, I live in that twisted DView world. And I'm happy in my twisted little world. Jake, you are always welcome to my twisted world.
Steve Cook
7 years ago
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