Everyone -- thanks so much for your generous answers.
(@RCR -- I used perens liberally too! Cheers.)
BTW, what tool are you using to do the animated screen grabs (Mac?)
> Are we talking about a linear path, or a curved path or both and which node on the object do you want to position to the path node?
> you can snap to the path but pinpointing a node, I don't think so yet, you could maybe use guides until this feature is added.
@firstdefence If I use the Pen tool to draw some lines (i.e., a "curve" say, a zig-zag), I want to snap the center of a circle to any of the points. Perhaps I don't know what a "path" is?