How to Vertex Snap in Unreal Engine 5?

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I’ve seen answers to this question for UE 4, but when I try and press v, nothing happens (I’m trying in combination with middle mouse button). Is the feature just not implemented yet or am I missing something?

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It got changed to Alt+V

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So every time you want to snap the pivot of an object to a vertex, you need to duplicate the object… Fun stuff.

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Hello Oreo,

I was ‘following’ this thread for some reason, so I got notified of your response.

Both messages above are wrong.

Vertex snapping is enabled by holding V (not just pressing), Middle mouse is for something different - you’d use middle mouse to temporarily move the mesh origin. (Use built-in modeling tools to permanently change origin)

Holding Alt and dragging anything will create a duplicate object. (sounds like the problem/confusion you’re having)

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Is this still an issue in 5.6.1? I tried everything possible with the vertex snapping but it just won’t work.

I try to snap a socket inside the static mesh editor/viewport to a vertex of a mesh. But it just won’t snap to it. Doesn’t work when MMB, Enabling vertex snap or whatever. Even when I use Alt + V to show the green boxes around the vertices it won’t snap.

The mesh is also not a nanite mesh… which I thought might led to the snapping issue.

Edit (Solution): Of course when I created a post about it, I accidentally managed to figure out how it’s working. First I enable Vertex Snapping (using Alt + V), then I just select my Socket I want to move and I click on the target vertex, basically the green cube (no need to press anything). This will snap the socket to the target vertex. If I recall correctly, in the past you still had to move the gizmo in order to snap it. But apparently that got changed.

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UE5.8.3

Snapping static mesh actors like if you want to build a level buy snapping walls together from one corner, same as you do in Unity DOES NOT WORK!!! This is ridiculous. You should be able to grab a vertex and snap it to another vertex. It’s the MAIN thing you do in level design. WHY has Epic not got this figured out yet???