Object Snap not using foremost objects but gets lost in complex background objects

[maxz]

@menos

I do not understand how to quickly invoke quickly “one shot” osnap (I use 99% of the time keyboard bound commands and basically type my way through CAD but I do have the osnap panel always visible below the main tool palette, so actually mouse clicking through it is what I do currently).

I happened to create a post on this in another thread by RichardZ: String Autocomplete - #7 by maxz

@menos

I could swear though that osnap has worked the way I thought it should thus far by only selecting visible objects when in shaded mode - did it really always select ANYTHING visible and invisible behind shaded objects?

Try switching off Isocurves visibility: Preferences > Display modes > Shaded (or Ghosted), I use it that way and I see the behaviour you want. But it depends what you are doing, selecting the object beforehand or after starting the command. In the latter case, i.e. drawing a line, it will still snap to points that are hidden from view by another object.

Max.