How to fine tune part placement in Assembly ?

[John Kermin]

Hi Kerbonauts,

can someone tell me how i can make the incremental change smaller when adjusting parts in assembly (Tool: Move/Tool: Rotate) ? I know that it has to be possible somehow because yesterday i must have activated it by accident. Suddenly i could make very small adjustments but today i can not move parts a small amount, they just stay locked until they jump a great deal (move in big steps). If that was a bug of some kind and it isn't possible in the stock game, is there a mod that enables this ? Its really frustrating to want a part just so and it always jumps to the next equally undesirable position.

Thonks in advance

P.S.: yes, "Thonks" is the new, cooler way

Edited June 14, 2016 by John Kermin

[Red Iron Crown]

Welcome aboard!

With angle snap on, the offset and rotate tools will take large steps. Hold shift and they will take smaller steps. Turn off angle snap and it will vary smoothly rather than in steps.

[John Kermin]

Thank you! That was it.

On a related note: How do i fine tune steering while flying ? My plane tends to not move for a while and then suddenly "snaps" in the direction i have been steering, which more often than not leads to massive over-steering which i then have to correct and thus starts a vicious circle that ends with me in the ground. Or is that some unwanted side effect of using SAS/Mechjeb ?

[Red Iron Crown]

If it's a plane I find it better to not use SAS at all. You can adjust the trim of the craft to make it neutral (Alt+WASD, Alt-X to reset), and you can press capslock to turn on "fine control" which makes control inputs less severe.

[John Kermin]

It works,Thanks again.

[wumpus]

4 hours ago, Red Iron Crown said:

Welcome aboard!

With angle snap on, the offset and rotate tools will take large steps. Hold shift and they will take smaller steps. Turn off angle snap and it will vary smoothly rather than in steps.

I needed that earlier (it wasn't working with shift and angle snap).  Now all I need is some way to measure the angles (these were pretty minute, the angle of a tall rocket needed to start a gravity turn).

[Red Iron Crown]

11 minutes ago, wumpus said:

I needed that earlier (it wasn't working with shift and angle snap).  Now all I need is some way to measure the angles (these were pretty minute, the angle of a tall rocket needed to start a gravity turn).

If you aren't averse to mods check out @Padishar's excellent Part Angle Display.