Shift Snapping to weird angles / changing angles

[jchang1]

Hey ya'll. I was working in Illustrator and for some reason my settings? changed. Can seem to snap to the 180 & 270deg angles anymore.

When I shift and rotate it snaps to an odd angle. If I extend that line while snapped on that angle, it changes the angle of the line.

Im pretty sure I have perspective turned off. Also tried toggling construction guides also. Tried opening new file, happens there too.

I've gotten a few gifs below.

https://i.gyazo.com/1f147cae1a9c8f83c68561ca047b3b7d.mp4

https://i.gyazo.com/d619626d1672357aacd8a37b2d40b2d3.mp4

https://i.gyazo.com/a31588d334fcb55d9835676b5194f0be.mp4

Thanks!

[Kurt Gold]

Is Snap to Grid turned on (see View menu)?

If it is turned on, what happens if you turn it off?

[jchang1]

I actually turned on Snap to Grid to help ease the work when I ran into the problem. So it existed before and after I toggled that setting.

[Monika Gause]

Which angle is set up in Preferences > General?

Which angles are set up in Preferences > Smart Guides?

[jchang1]

Screenshot - 402047427f4a48442801d9d0752bbc61 - Gyazo https://gyazo.com/d5d669ba841896a7988c539250964254

Screenshot - d5d669ba841896a7988c539250964254 - Gyazo

I believe those 2 are what you're looking for.

[Monika Gause]

Please upload screenshots directly to the forum.

Use the forum's web interface to do that. THank you.

[jchang1]

My fault.

Constraint Angle: 0deg

Construction Guides: 90deg (0 / 90)

[Monika Gause]

At which zoom level are you working?

Any snapping turned on (to pixel, to grid)? Snap to grid turns Smart guides basically off - both functions don't cooperate.

Have you already tried a computer restart?

Or reset the preferences?

How to set preferences in Illustrator  (rename the folder - you can then revert it in case it doesn't help)

Also: it's not quite clear what you actually want to do in those videos.

What happens if you set up the desired angles?

[jchang1]

Im actually trying to save resetting preferences for a last ditch attempt as I don't want to be resetting the preferences again if this issue appears.

What I want to do is have the ability (Like before this issue randomly arose) to snap at right angles. ie 0, 90, 180, 270.

The issue I am having is that it's not snapping to 90 / 270 deg from it's origin. ie, if the line is vertical, the point wont snap 90deg to the left or right / if line is horizontal, it wont snap 90deg top or bottom.

Also the line changes angle on the snap depending on length. Previously, when I would snap to 45deg and lengthen at the same time, it would be stuck at 45 deg and change length. Now, the longer the line is the smaller the angle. ie 200px line @ 45 deg, 500px line @ 12 deg. The first link in the OP shows this issue. I've snapped it to an angle and as I extend the line it changes it's angle while still within the snap (short line almost no angle, long line huge angle). That's why you see it snap randomly to the opposite side. But never to the 90 deg.

note, when I say snap it's via the Shift function where you can see and feel the points snap to a certain angle.

[Monika Gause]

Can you try without Shift?

Should work and Smart guides have issues with Shift in recent versions anyway.

Please do reset the preferences. Use the folder renaming method - returning to your old prefs is simple then. We can't help you when we don't know if this solves it.

[jchang1]

Made a duplicate. Deleted the Pref file.

Settings seems reset, but my layout remains how I last left it. Issue still persists. Maybe I toggled something on and this is a feature?

Weird that you're not allowed to snap 180 deg if that's the case.

Screen capture - b3833c25dfd76d02cd80bbc4d75f6235 - Gyazo

How would you make a 90deg angle straight line in this case? Linked below shows how there's no snap what so ever.

https://i.gyazo.com/2766fab94e814896dd926d2aa1c46583.mp4

[Monika Gause]

Can you make a capture of the complete workspace?

Those small clips don't make a lot of sense.