Drawing Aids: Edit Angular Grid

Right-click the Grid button on the status bar and click Edit to edit a grid system, or New to create a new one.

The Edit Angular Grid System dialog box is displayed when an angular grid is selected for editing, or when creating a new grid.

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Edit Angular Grid System dialog box options

Name

Displays the name of the grid being edited. If you are creating a new grid, type a new name. You can change the name of an existing grid by typing over the existing name.

Snap divisions

Displays the number of snap points per grid unit.

Spacing

Displays the distance between grid dots in the current distance display format and number of decimal places.

Grid center

The origin point (0,0) of the grid can be different than the (0,0) point set by ORIGIN (View menu).

Square grid

Turn off the Square Grid option to allow different values for X spacing and Y spacing.

3d Grid

Choose to create a 3d angular grid. Doing so activates additional Rotation Plane options and Distance from Origin. Since CC3 does not yet fully support 3d functions, it is recommended that this feature not be used.

Rotation from XY Plane

Enter the angle in which you wish the grid rotated. You can visually re-specify this value using the ANGLE GRID command [City > Angle Grid].

Distance from Origin

This option is only available when 3d Grid is activated. Since CC3 does not yet fully support 3d functions, it is recommended that this feature not be used.

Related topics

SELECT GRID command