Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 217)

objects, ellipses, and rounded rectangles. You set the Snap in one window at a time and can save it with
your workspace.
Snap to Nodes applies to all selectable layers-this is useful if you are drawing an object in one layer and
want to attach it to an object in another layer. If you do not want to snap to objects in certain layers, make
those layers unselectable.
Snap and Thin Settings Saved in Metadata
The Snap and Thin settings remove self-intersections and overlaps in your data based on values you
establish. When you complete your selections and entries in the Set Values for Node Snap & Thinning
dialog box, MapInfo Professional saves these values to the table's metadata. This allows the Snap and
Thin changes to be retrieved after the table is saved or you have left MapInfo Professional.
Setting Snap Preferences for a Visible Snap Area
The Map Window Preferences dialog box has a Display Snap Radius check box that controls whether
or not the snap radius displays when Snap mode is on. The snap tolerance (in pixels) can also be
selected.
• From the Options menu, select Preferences, then Map Window to display the Map Preferences
dialog box.
On the Editing tab, under the Digitizing Options section, you can change the snap tolerance to make the
snap radius larger or smaller (measured in pixels).
If you clear Display Snap Radius check box, then the radius does not display when snap mode is turned
on. Remember to click OK to save your preferences.
Move Duplicate Nodes
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Chapter 8: Drawing and Editing Objects