QuickSnap

QuickSnap is a Blender addon to quickly snap objects/vertices/points to object origins/vertices/points, similar to how vertex snap works in Maya or 3Dsmax.

Features

• Snap From/To:

  • Object origins (Hotkey: O)
  • Face centers (Hotkey: 1)
  • Edge mid-points (Hotkey: 2)
  • Vertices and Curve points (Hotkey: 3)

• An icon near the mouse shows the current snap target type (always visible, fade after a few seconds, or disabled — configurable in preferences)

  

• Works in orthographic view (Numpad 5) and local view (Numpad /)

• Two workflow options:

  • Click and drag — pick source and drag to target in one motion

  • Two clicks — click source, reposition camera if needed, then click target

    

• Works with no selection:

  • In Object mode the object under the mouse is moved to the target position

    

  • In Edit mode the points under the mouse are moved, and merged if auto-merge is enabled

    

• Pie menu to change the snap type — open with the same hotkey used to launch the tool

  

• Auto-merge vertices in Edit mode when snapping to an overlapping vertex

  

• Constrain translation to a single axis or plane using (Shift+)X / Y / Z

• Automatically displays wireframe of the target mesh and the object under the mouse (can be disabled)

• Snaps to both visible and occluded points (points closer to the camera are prioritized)

• Highlights target vertex edges and nearby edge midpoints/face centers for better readability

  

Hotkeys and Settings

• Enable the tool with Ctrl+Shift+V (for Vertex) by default

• Use the same hotkey to open the pie menu

• Change the tool hotkey and configure all preferences from Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > QuickSnap

  

How to Use

1. Select the objects or vertices/edges/faces/curve points you want to move
2. Enable the tool with Ctrl+Shift+V
3. Optionally select the snap type via hotkey or pie menu
4. Snap using one of two workflows:
   • Click and drag — hover over the source point, click and hold, move to the target, release
   • Two clicks — click the source point, then click the target point

Performance Notes

QuickSnap is not designed for very high-poly scenes. Performance may degrade when many heavy objects are under the mouse. Hiding objects or collections you don't need to snap onto will help in those cases.

If a scene is particularly heavy, enabling Ignore Modifiers (M key) in the tool can also improve performance.

Bug Reports

If you encounter an issue, please open a report on the issue tracker. Include a description of what you were doing and what was in your scene. Attaching the scene file is always helpful.

Known Issues / Limitations

• Target highlighting does not work with Ignore Modifiers enabled
• In Edit mode, the tool always uses the original mesh points (without modifiers applied)