inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net schrieb
am 15.11.2007 21:59:00:

> On Nov 15, 2007 3:35 PM, Diederik van Lierop <mail@...2312...>
wrote:

> > This is new to me, but it looks like it simply aligns

> > vertically/horizontally to the boundingbox of objects at any
distance,

> > am I correct? Such a thing is not supported by the current snapping

> > framework, but it shouldn't be too difficult to implement. If

> > implemented, it will need a key binding though to easily turn
this

> > on/off because otherwise it will get annoying.

> 

> IMHO the key thing here is not just snapping to extensions of bbox,

> but _visualizing_ what it is that you snap to. In AI, it flashes the

> snap line when it snaps. We need to add infrastructure that would

> enable such displays when snapping, then smart guides will be easy.

> 

This kind of "visual-snapping" is exactly what I´ve been missing
in Inkscape.
Here is the way I make use of it in AI: 
In the layer below I have a complex technical drawing
(origninating from dxf CAD 3D-data).
In the layer above I can intuitively and quickly redraw
parts and outlines of the drawing by "visual-snapping".
It prooves very very helpful to "convert"
3D CAD-technical drawings.
Have you planned to implement this in Inkcape 0.46?