Grid

The grid is a drawing aid that is a display of equidistant points oriented along the X and Y axis of the Drawing Plane.  The grid is located within the drawing window and is visible by default.

 

 

 

Grid Properties     

       The grid increments can be modified by changing "Grid Spacing along X-Axis" and "Grid Spacing along Y-Axis" settings in Modelspace Viewport Settings. 

       

       The Grid Snap can be enabled/disabled  from the following locations:

               Snaps Toolbar

               Snap Property Tree

               View Menu.

 

 

The size of the grid sometimes is either too small or too large to display on the drawing screen. When the user attempts to display the grid and a small grid window appears in the lower right hand corner of the drawing screen with a red ∅ symbol, the grid cannot currently be displayed.

 

Grid is Too Sparse

If the grid is too sparse the user must zoom out to display the grid; this grid window will show a widely spaced grid like the following:

 

 

To zoom out, roll the top mouse wheel toward you, or find the Zoom Out Tool and select a point on the drawing screen and Click.

 

 

Grid is Too Small

Likewise, if the grid is too small the user must zoom in to display the grid; this grid window will show a tightly spaced grid like the following:

 

 

 

To zoom in, roll the top mouse wheel away from you, or find the Zoom In Tool and select a point on the drawing screen. Click.