Electrical object hotspot snap in AD16.1, schematic.

[Fortran]

Hi.

I used to be able to bring two pins close to each other and they would snap together, like two resistors that are slightly off-grid.
But ever since I reinstalled my machine, this feature is eluding me.
Any ideas?

All work and no snap make Fortran cry.

[T3sl4co1l]

Hit the "Snap" button in the bottom right corner.  There's also some key shortcuts and menu options that control this behavior.  Likely you accidentally hit SHIFT+S or something.

Tim

[Fortran]

Yeah I'm pretty sure I've either hit something by mistake, or forgot to set something after installing. 
There is no "Snap" button in the lower right corner.   Only [System][Design Compiler][SCH][Instruments][Shortcuts]

[T3sl4co1l]

Oh right, SCH...

D, O, Sheet Options tab, Grids, turn on snap.

Tim

[Fortran]

Today I finally found what setting was wrong. 
Schematic Preferences / Graphical Editing / Always Drag

Somehow Electrical Hotspots gets all wonky if this is on.

[T3sl4co1l]

Huh, I never noticed that before.  Do you use grid 1 (or, god forbid, no grid at all) a lot??

I suppose my workflow is: 1. place components roughly, then wire them (Place/Wire snaps to pins); 2. snap objects to, and drag components with, large (10) grid, so nothing comes apart; drag makes it obvious which wires are connected to pins, so a mere click (well, a long click, a drag, okay?..) verifies connectivity.

10 grid on schematic is only practical if the symbol pins are aligned to it as well.

Shudder, off-grid pins... I've only seen it a few times, and only once not bothered to clean it up... now I feel dirty...

Tim

[Fortran]

Uh. I don't know really. I'm mostly using the default grids.
Nothing custom in schematic or component editor.
Still get a lot of offgrid pins for some reason.
But now it works like I'm used to so I'm not really bothered by it. I use ctrl to drag.