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N key not working for normal to

lowell_yoas
lowell_yoas Posts: 2 EDU
in Community Support
What or where do I go to get the shortcut of N for normal to - to start working?

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  • john_mcclary
    john_mcclary Posts: 4,095 PRO
    There is no setting. It should just work.
  • bradley_sauln
    bradley_sauln Posts: 373 image
    You need to click on a face/plane so the system knows with respect to what are you viewing normal to. In a sketch, you just need to press N because you are already working on a plane.
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  • zoltan_karolyi
    zoltan_karolyi Posts: 5 ✭
    bradley_sauln said:
    You need to click on a face/plane so the system knows with respect to what are you viewing normal to. In a sketch, you just need to press N because you are already working on a plane.


    According to my experience, since the V1.114 update you just have to hover your mouse over a planar face and press N. 
  • svenolov_nystrom
    svenolov_nystrom Posts: 88 PRO
    Shortcut n does not work in Firefox browser I cant find any solution 
    A search box opens in the lower left corner  when any key is hit it forcing me to use the Chrome browser
    It works when Firefox is fresh installed , but after a while the shit reappears
  • n_schoemaeker
    n_schoemaeker Posts: 28 PRO
    svenolov_nystrom said:
    Shortcut n does not work in Firefox browser I cant find any solution 
    A search box opens in the lower left corner  when any key is hit it forcing me to use the Chrome browser
    It works when Firefox is fresh installed , but after a while the shit reappears

    I think I know why, IIRC it happens because at some point you enabled a feature in Firefox that makes Firefox start a search as soon as you press a key (and it's not in a input focus).

    See section "Find automatically while typing on a page" on this page: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-contents-current-page-text-or-links .
    Be sure to uncheck this, I think it will work back.

    In any case, I'm using Firefox both in Windows and Linux (currently Windows, Firefox version 94.0.2 (64-bit)) and I can confirm N works very well to orient normal to face / place.



  • svenolov_nystrom
    svenolov_nystrom Posts: 88 PRO
    Thanks now the n key works it is a nice feature !! B)

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