Trouble with using snapping to vertices holdin control

[Shawn Hopkins]

I’m currently following along in Blender Version 4.2.1 LTS (not sure if this version difference matters, but the snapping settings look different from this section of the project course video). When outlining the cartridge with the knife tool [around 2:00 in video] I’ve run into an issue with snapping and was hoping for guidance

Here’s what I’m doing:

I made sure that vertex snapping is enabled.

As instructed, I use the X arm on the Gizmo, hold Control, and move the target to the vertex I want to snap to.

However, when I do this, my entire move Gizmo and the corresponding vertices move along with it, which is not what I want to happen.

To help clarify, I wanted to include screenshots of the following, but when I use the picture tool, it asks for an image URL and has no option to upload from my device. So, I loaded Google Drive URLs, so If the images will be present.

1. The undesired result of this issue:

2. My snapping settings dialogue box.

3. A rough diagram of how the target (the small two-piece circle that disappears during screenshots) is behaving, represented in orange.

Thank you in advance for your help! I really appreciate it.

[Martin Bergwerf]

Hi @ShawnOfTheDead207 ,

There are no images. I think the URL box is for video’s, uploaded to YT and so. There is a bug, that doesn’t allow Images to be added to the first post, directly under a lesson. You can ‘answer’ your own question and add images there (in the second, third, and so on post of the same question).

But anyway, here is what to do:

Set the Snapping to Vertex Snapping, do not enable it (the magnet Icon).

Start Moving with the Move Gizmo (or with G) and, without releasing the Mouse Button, hold down CTRL and move the Mouse Pointer to the Vertex you want to Snap to.

[Dwayne Savage]

Just Side note: If you have snapping turned on(Blue Magnet on default color theme) then while you hold ctrl down during transform(Move, rotate, scale) it turns off the snapping. If snapping is turned off(Toggle on/off with shift+tab) then while you hold ctrl during transform it turns snapping on. Also ctrl+shift+tab is a quick way to change snapping setting. 

[Omar Domenech]

Just a second side note: Yes, the version matters. Usually we recommend people to follow along a tutorial with the version it was recorded with, to avoid these kinds of things. There was a great thread explaining why that is the case, Martin perhaps you saved it? Because it’s not on the sticky on top anymore. 

[Martin Bergwerf]

There used to be a post at the beginning of Courses, but I don’t see that anymore…(haven’t checked all Courses though).

There is still this blog post: https://blog.cgcookie.com/learning-3d-through-various-blender-versions/

Which is a great read.

[Shawn Hopkins]

Thank you all for the quick and very useful help. This is one of the things that has made CG Cookie stand out compared to other Blender 3D animation and modeling “schools”

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