I have also found this quite frustrating. But with lots of experimenting and reading. Decrease your snap target radius. I mostly model in millimeters. Default its like twelve. I also model quite small items, So bring that snap target down to 2mm. You can test this by using the grid. Hope it helps.
"Some more thoughts" Really need to add this tip. If you do decrease your snap radius setting down to like 2mm you will have the hardest time getting the hand signal to appear when you go to the gripper to pull a dimension. You have to increase the hit radius to be able to get the hand to appear. Then you have to decrease the hit radius to snap to very small parts of the model.
Question? When I use the transform tool, I pin point exactly where my start vertex is and the end vertex. It drops the parts exactly where I want them. But here is the question? If I go to the gripper and even pull it down a small amount. As soon as I release the left button. It jumps over like 5mm to left or right. Wonder if its trying to snap to the grid. I don't even have the grid on. Weird functionality. I was thinking it was a bug. But maybe I need to test it with the grid snaps off. I don't think it should jump over like that. Tried it like 50 times today till I determined something is wrong. I was aligning the fluted lid with the container. So I could boolean subtract the container from the lid. Moving the parts around using transform, I get it perfectly aligned. Then pulling the gripper it jumps to one side or the other. It seems like once you use the transform tool You need to continue using it to position items. I did complete the model but lots of work to get it dialed.
I have spent so many hours now using ViaCAD. And the most basic function of this program. The snaps and alignment needs help.
I will say with no hesitation. Moi3d works a thousand times better than ViaCAD when it comes to snaps, construction lines, working with the grid, alignment, Super basic functions. I really admire ViaCad. So I dream that maybe they could step back and fix the most basic functions. Or include some kind of information bar that would clue us in as to what is wrong. Rhino does this.
Also just drives me crazy when it crashes and I have to sit and wait to see if it can possibly find its way back. Out of multiple cad programs not one of them locks up like ViaCAD. Even using Rhino, Blender, Moi3d, Turbocad, and a number of other programs. ViaCAD crashes more often and takes way longer to recover from the crash.
Today I was doing a lot of work modeling in ViaCAD. And was encountering a lot of strange functionality. I wonder if its because most of my projects are using small dimensions. I have my decimal places to 3 digits and have tried 5 decimal places. I use wireframe all the time. I use snap points. I turn off the grid so it snaps more precise. I will say this is frustrating. I jump over to Moi3d and just cruise. But so many functions in ViaCAD are absolutely amazing, especially the fillets. So I just keep at it.
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