Revit Snaps Settings

The snaps dialogue in Revit enables you to set which snaps points are active and set dimension increments displayed for both linear and angular dimensions, similar to the OSNAP settings in AutoCAD. The snap setting also displays all the keyboard shortcuts for each snap. You can use these shortcuts for a quick temporary override of the snaps.

To manage the Snap settings in Revit do the following:

1. Go to the Manage tab panel.
2. select the Snaps to open the snaps dialogue box.
3. Select or deselect any desired snap points. Please refer to the attached Figure 1 below.

Figure 1.

Revit Snaps Shortcuts

Shortcuts Oject Snaps         Descriptions

• SI       Intersections          Snaps to intersections.  
• SE      Endpoint                Snaps to endpoint of an element or component.  
• SC     Centers                  Snaps to the center of an arc.  
• SO     Snaps Off               Disables all snap settings.  
• SM     Midpoints               Snaps to to the midpoint of an element or component.  
• SN      Nearest                 Snaps to the neaerest element or component..  
• SP      Perpendicular        Snaps to perpendicular elements or components.  
• SQ     Quadrants              Snaps to quadrant points.  
• ST      Tangents                Snaps tangent to arc.   
• SW     Work Plane Grid    Snaps to a work plane grid.  
• SX      Points                    Snap to site points when editing points using the Move or Copy tool.  
• Tab Key     Cycle through snaps      Cycles through the available snap options.  
• Shift Key   Force Horizontal and Vertical    Force horizontal and vertical constraints.