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Grid Dialog

The Grid dialog, displayed by Grid on the Options menu, specifies the origin, angle and other parameters of the Snap Grid. The Snap Grid controls the position of the cursor during the Curve, Circle, Modify, Straight, Table Edge and Turntable commands.

The Grid dialog contains controls affecting the Horizontal and Vertical Snap Grid lines. Each dimension can be independently controlled.

The origin and angle of the Grid can be adjusted by dragging on the layout. Left-drag moves the origin of the Grid, and right-drag rotates the grid.

Whether the Snap Grid is drawn is controled by the Show check box. Also, if the layout is Zoomed Out the Minor and then Major Grid lines will be too close together to be drawn. The minimum pixel distance between Grid lines is controlled by the Min Grid Spacing value on the Preferences dialog.

Note: on slow machine drawing the Grid can take noticable time. You can control this by selecting a larger value for the Min Grid Spacing.


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