Using a Grid | |||
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-
From the
Diagram section of the
action bar,
click
Grid
to display the grid.
The grid is displayed.
-
Drag and drop your
component
anywhere in the
diagram.
The component snaps to the grid.
Notes:- To see this feature
you must do the following to display all grid lines:
- Set
Vertical Spacing and
Horizontal Spacing to
1 from
Me
> Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling
, the
Editor tab, the
Grid group.
- Zoom the
diagram. With default zooming you still only see every 10:th gridline after
changing the spacing.
(With the default spacing of 2 and default zooming you only see every 20:th gridline.)
- Set
Vertical Spacing and
Horizontal Spacing to
1 from
Me
- When you create objects with grid snapping activated, each object is snapped to the grid when created. For example, each corner of a polygon snaps to the closest gridpoint when being created.
Tip: You can define the grid color and spacing from Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling
, the
Editor tab, the
Grid group. For more information, see
Editor:
Grid
- To see this feature
you must do the following to display all grid lines:
- Optional:
If you do not want components to be snapped to the grid when
instantiating or moving them, from the
Diagram section of the
action bar,
click
Grid Snapping
to deactivate snap to grid.
The component is not snapped to grid if you move it or when you instantiate a new component.
Note: To see this feature you must do the following to display all grid lines:- Set
Vertical Spacing and
Horizontal Spacing to
1 from
Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling
, the
Editor tab, the
Grid group
- Zoom the diagram.
With default zooming you still only see every 10:th gridline after changing the
spacing.
(With the default spacing of 2 and default zooming you only see every 20:th gridline.)
- Set
Vertical Spacing and
Horizontal Spacing to
1 from
Me