City menu: Add Grid Overlay

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A grid overlay is a grid of squares, optionally labeled along the axes or in each cell. This enables you to locate buildings easily. It has the current properties. It is also used by the Add Index feature to add an alphabetical list of text to your map.

To add a grid overlay

1 Set the text height using $image\TSPEC.gif$ Set the layer, color and line style.

2 Select Add Grid Overlay. Select the dialog box options.

The prompt reads "First corner of square grid[0,0]:"

3 Press the right button to start the grid at 0,0 (the bottom left), or select a point with the mouse.

The prompt reads "Second corner of square grid:"

4 Select a point for the top right of the grid.