When set to 100, the crosshairs are full-screen and the ends of the crosshairs are never visible. Valid settings range from 1 to 100 percent. When set to Automatic, the actual color applied changes between white and black based on the background color of the drawing area.ĭetermines the size of the crosshairs as a percentage of the screen size. Shows a representation of how the crosshair, ObjectSnap aperture, and pickbox will appear in the drawing area.Ĭontrols the color of the crosshair, ObjectSnap aperture, and pickbox in the drawing area. Type OS on the Command line and activate the Snap and Grid tab.Controls the appearance of the cursor in the drawing area. Use this mode when you create isometric drawings, piping and instrumentation diagrams, etc. In Isometric mode, your crosshairs are in one of the three isometric planes press F5 to toggle the planes. The standard format is rectangular: your crosshairs are horizontal and vertical.
There are two snap modes for your crosshairs: Rectangular and Isometric. A setting of 100 draws the crosshairs across 100% of your screen, a setting of 50 draws them across half of the distance of your screen, and so on. These values are not absolute lengths, but rather percentages of your screen. Regardless, to control the size (the length) of your AutoCAD crosshairs, you should use the CursorSize system variable. I can't test it in that version as I do not have access to AutoCAD 2008. Notes from Cadalyst Tip Patrol: I couldn't repeat this occurrence in AutoCAD 2011 or 2012, but the tipster reported it happening in AutoCAD 2008. A workaround solution is to set CursorSize to 99% instead of 100% you will find the crosshair fits the full length of your screen." This works fine on the standard snap style, but on isometric style the cursor size does not fit the full length of the drawing editor or your screen. "The CursorSize system variable, when set to 100, will show the crosshairs fully across the screen. Dock Your Palettes and Save the WorkspaceĪzfar Mahmood, a senior piping designer, shares a tip about controlling the size of the crosshairs in AutoCAD.
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