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Snap precision lost with snap to grid off

Forum|Forum|1 month ago
October 7, 2025
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Robert P102

Finding that flexibility of object placement … specifically AWS artifacts like roles … appears broken in the new release. With SNAP TO GRID OFF, objects can only be moved in very large increments, approximately equal to the height or width of the object. Formerly objects of this sort could be manually placed with precision with grid off.

This is likely to render Lucid unusable for many of my use cases

Interestingly this behaviour is not present with AWS group objects (Account, etc) but is present with dense icons (Role, Bucket, etc.)

Best answer by jimmy

Hi Robert! Could you share some pictures to explain a little more about this issue?

I’m the PM over the Assisted Layout feature and wanted to make sure there aren’t any unexpected interactions happening that we should be aware of.

...Flexibility of object placement […] appears broken in the new release. With SNAP TO GRID OFF, objects can only be moved in very large increments, approximately equal to the height or width of the object.

Interestingly this behaviour is not present with AWS group objects (Account, etc) but is present with dense icons (Role, Bucket, etc.)

I’d expect this kind of snapping with assisted layout turned on, so I’m curious to hear more about what you’re experiencing.

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jimmy
Lucid product team
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Forum|Forum|1 month ago
October 7, 2025

Hi Robert! Could you share some pictures to explain a little more about this issue?

I’m the PM over the Assisted Layout feature and wanted to make sure there aren’t any unexpected interactions happening that we should be aware of.

...Flexibility of object placement […] appears broken in the new release. With SNAP TO GRID OFF, objects can only be moved in very large increments, approximately equal to the height or width of the object.

Interestingly this behaviour is not present with AWS group objects (Account, etc) but is present with dense icons (Role, Bucket, etc.)

I’d expect this kind of snapping with assisted layout turned on, so I’m curious to hear more about what you’re experiencing.

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Robert P102
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Forum|Forum|1 month ago
October 9, 2025

Not sure how to share what you want, as it’s dynamic. I drag the shape where I want, usually just a little down. I let go. It snaps back. Grid is off.

Assisted Layout is new to me, and an anti-feature. Perhaps you can tell me how to turn it off. I searched the help database and it didn’t have a real “switch” just some vague information on closing popups.

Seriously, I’m looking for a new tool. The new “features” are of no use to a professional engineer and simply frustrate or distract from the purpose of a quality diagramming tool.

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jimmy
Lucid product team
Forum|Forum|1 month ago
October 13, 2025

Sorry for the delay, I was OOO.

During your interactions, do you see gray boxes within the AWS containers? I wonder if this is an Assisted layout issue or perhaps some other interaction.