Suppose I want to move vertex A to the red dot on edge BC:
Locking translation to the Y axis, and with snap to edge on, the destination point depends on where on the target edge I point:
So how do I do this? Can I lock the snapping target to a particular axis somehow?
thx for compliment my gimp artworks i work on then long hours
Basically, as in your image, extrude the vertex in Y direction of a given distance. In pic A, I extruded 16.8 there with Edge Length turned “on”. In pic B, I used that extruded vertex as a point to “snap”, to knife cut vertical; [K] for knife hot key, [Ctrl] + LMS the vertex, drag the cut line up than MMS snap to vertical, LMS to end cut layout process, then [Enter]. That’s the way I do it with Blender 2.49.
Man I still cant snap in 2.57!
Ah I see. So it will always be a multi-step process. It could be more intuitive imo, but maybe then I should learn python and make it so. Thx!
Edit:
…yeah, I just discovered that I can’t snap with the knife tool in 2.57 either. This puts my work at a standstill…
You can use the Edge Tools addon after you have extruded vertex A to create an edge http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.5/Py/Scripts/Modeling/Edge_Slice
Perfect! Much obliged.