Grid
Show Grid
You can use this to specify whether or not the grid is to be visible in the drawing. This setting does not affect the Grid Snap.
Grid in Front
This lets you specify whether the grid is to be in front of or behind the drawing. If you select Grid in front, the grid is shown in front of an image element, for example.
Grid Alignment
If the
Grid Alignment 
option is selected, elements align automatically to the major axes of the grid used for drawing. This setting can also be toggled in the window bar at the bottom.
No Isometric Foreshortening
As in isometric perspective the same perspective foreshortening factor applies on all major axes it may be ignored. The drawing will be slightly larger then. This technique is based on techniques used for manual drawing.
Grid Snap
You can also specify whether the grid points are to be magnetic. If they are, each point you set with the cursor is set to the nearest grid point. It is irrelevant in this regard whether you are redrawing an element or, for example, are modifying an existing one.
Grid Snap
can also be toggled in the window bar at the bottom.
Distance
This field can be used to enter the distance between the grid lines in the set unit of measurement.
Color
The Colors edit dialog box is called up by clicking the Color field. Select the color for the grid lines using the standard color picker and the contrast selector.
Clicking the Standard button sets the standard program color (yellow).
Grids
The
Grids button opens the dialog box
Edit grid which allows you to edit and define grids. Use of this dialog is described in the section under the
Edit grid command in
Show Attribute Window.
This button is only available when changing the program preferences. You can then define an additional grid, for example, that you want to use in all illustrations.
| Use the Edit grid command in the Window menu to edit grids in the current file. |
