Precision drawing with the grid

If you display the grid (using Grid on/off (View menu or Special toolbar)), a dot grid is displayed in all the viewports in the active project; the grid stretches across the entire workspace. The grid serves as a means of visual orientation, as well as for point snapping. The grid points themselves do not appear in printouts.

When the Grid point option is activated in the Point snap area of the Point snap options, you can use the grid points as snap points. If you clear all the other check boxes, as well as the Scan active drawing files and Scan reference drawing files check boxes, the cursor will snap to grid points only.

Note: Grid points are snapped even when the grid is not displayed.

You can show/hide the grid with Grid on/off. Use Grid Settings (View menu or Special toolbar) to define the spacing between grid points in the x and y directions. The current system angle is taken into account when you draw the grid.