[Feature request- snap anchor handles to grid option]

On 1/4/2018 at 10:02 AM, Ben said:

Ok, here is a selection of videos showing handle snapping.

 

This one shows snapping the node, then constraining the handles in line with the grid axis, and finally snapping the handle lengths to match.

HandleSnapping2.mov 

 

This one shows constraining the handles to diagonals, then snapping the handle lengths.

HandleSnapping3.mov

 

This one shows how you might match up handle lengths between a number of nodes.  Note the different markers to show whether you have matched the length of the partner handle of the owner node (one bar), or the handle at the other end of the curve segment (two bars), or both (showing both one and two bar markers).

HandleSnapping4.mov

 

And, showing the last example constraining the handle direction to grid axis.

HandleSnapping5.mov

 

Note: in none of these examples is "Snap to Grid" turned on.  The grid is only displayed as a visual cue.  The constraining directions are taken from the grid axis directions and intermediates/diagonals.

 

Just to be a contrarian to most here it seems, I just wanted to say I really appreciate Ben's implementation of this (after discovering this thread last night and grabbing the Beta to play with it). It's actually something I really disliked in Illustrator, as it was always a choice between being able to replicate what I was doing or getting the exact curve I wanted, and rarely did the two ever meet. Being able to do that now without wrangling and praying is wonderful. So, thank you for that.

Though, to add a potentially silly question... Is there something that needs to be enabled to get the numbers on the red line as shown in the "Snapping2" video?

And the "construction mode" that the extended features of this became, I've seen that the mode should be activated by clicking a fifth icon in the tool snap labelled "Perform construction snapping", but this isn't present on my machine. Is there another element to activate it? (Windows 1.8.0.258)

Thank you greatly!