CoCreate OneSpace Designer - Commands Reference Manual

SET_WP_DEFAULT_GRID_MODE interrupt action

SET_WP_DEFAULT_GRID_MODE sets the grid mode for future workplanes.

Syntax


---->(SET_WP_DEFAULT_GRID_MODE)--+--(:OFF)---+---->
                                 |           |
                                 +--(:DOTS)--+
                                 |           |
                                 +--(:LINE)--+

Options

The following options are available to set your grid mode.

:OFF - no grid will be displayed.
:DOTS - specifies the default grid to be displayed as a dot matrix.
:LINE- specifies the default grid to be displayed as a series of lines.

When to use

Use this action before creating one or more workplanes having the same grid mode. This is much easier than changing the grid mode of workplanes after they have been created.

The grid will only be displayed, and caught to, when the grid points or lines are not too close together, in terms of pixels. This means that there will be occasions where you expect to see the grid, but will not. For example:

If too small a grid spacing is specified.
If you display the grid, and then zoom away from the workplane, causing the pixel grid spacing to become too small.
If you display the grid, and then rotate the view or the workplane causing the pixel grid spacing to become too small.

Example

The following parameter sequence specifies workplanes will be created with a dot grid.