The goal of these new tools is to make the CAD user more comfortable and more productive when drawing or drafting in Rhino.
How to enable Cursor Crosshair?
Turn on crosshairs in Options → Modeling Aids → Smart Track and Guide.
Check the option: Display cursor crosshairs
Search in Advanced Settings for CrosshairScreenLength to adjust the length of the cursor crosshairs. The default value, 0, draws crosshairs across the entire screen. Numbers greater than 0 specify the pixel length of the crosshairs.
Verify that the crosshair color is different than the background color. For example, if you background is white, you will need to chance the corsshair color to black or gray manually here in Options → Appearance → Color.
I’m working on some very precise drawings, and the current ‘default’ cursor is preventing me from achieving this. Is there a way to make the cursor look like the one in AutoCAD? I’ve tried searching through old discussions but haven’t found an answer. Hopefully this crosshairs enhancement will be the solution I’m looking for!
Now I am running WIP 9 with you post instructions, but it looks just like Rhino 8. The idea is that it should only display the crosshairs as the cursor.
Can you send an image of what you expect to see?
This is really the most important part. Sketch it up or draw it in Rhino. Or take a screen capture of your favorite CAD package, and we will try this again.
You will be notified here by “Brian Gillespie” when there is something to test.
But until then, there is nothing in the public build.
One other comment about what you showed. The center square needs to be not too small, perhaps on the order of 2% or 3% of screen size. When I’m positioning the crosshairs I don’t want the center square to be distracting.
