

This setting controls the decimal interval between grid reference lines in orthographic viewports. These values display in the Level Viewport's toolbar. Use this array to customize snapping grid sizes. You can customize these by clicking Edit Layers from the drop-down. The default layers are Foreground, Default, and Background. This enables an additional option in the Level Viewport toolbar you can use to snap objects to a 2D layer if your project requires it.

If enabled, Actor scale (size) will snap to the grid.Įnable this option to use Unreal Engine's legacy multiplicative (percentage) scaling instead of the current additive method. If enabled, Actor rotation will snap to the grid. This is the same as the toggle button on the Level Viewport toolbar. If enabled, Actor location will snap to the grid. Click for full size.Įnable this option to use power of 2 grid settings (1, 2, 4, 8, 16…) instead of decimal grid sizes. On the Advanced tab, adjust the Snap strength sliders.Grid Snapping preferences in the Unreal Engine Editor Preferences. On the View tab, in the Visual Aids group, click the dialog box launcher ( ). To adjust the snap strength of drawing elements When the snap strength for an element is low, a shape easily snaps into alignment with other nearby elements when the snap strength of an element is high, a shape will tend to snap into alignment with that element, even if there are other elements nearby that the shape could snap into alignment with. In addition to being able to select the drawing elements that shapes are snapped into alignment with, you can also specify how strongly shapes are snapped into alignment with these elements. The snap settings that you choose apply to all shapes in the drawing. Under Snap to, select the drawing elements that you want shapes to snap into alignment with, and then click OK. On the General tab, under Currently active, clear the Snap check box to deactivate snap, or select Snap to activate snap. On the View tab, in the Visual Aids group, click the dialog box launcher. To snap shapes to the ruler subdivisions more easily, turn off the snap-to grid. By default, shapes snap to both the ruler subdivisions and to the grid.
