Select Grid

Right click the Grid button to select a grid.

SELECT GRID displays the Select Grid System dialog box with options that control the grid system. Grids are classified as either rectangular or circular. Horizontal and vertical grid spacing may be set independently. You may edit existing grids to create new grids, allowing for even greater control of your drawing environment. CC3 has one rectangular grid and one circular grid already set up for you to use. They can be edited, modified, even renamed, but these two can not be deleted.

Select Grid System dialog box options

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Grid Name

Select one of the pre-defined grids or a grid that you have defined.

X mile, Y snap grids are included with mapping templates. A 10 mile, 2 snap grid has grid points every 10 units, with snap points at every grid and between every grid point.

Grid Class

Standard Rectangle is a rectangular grid with editable values for horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) grid spacing, Grid origin, and Snap division.

Standard Circular is a circular grid with editable values for Angular and Radial spacing, Grid Center, and Snap divisions.

Angled Rectangular is a rectangular grid with editable values for horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) grid spacing, Grid origin, and Snap division. You can also angle the grid using Angle Grid in City Designer.

Hexagonal is a vertical or horizontal hex grid, with width, height and draw and snap options to the centers corners and midpoints.

Switches

Grid Click this checkbox to display a regular pattern of grid dots to help you keep track of distances and sizes. The dots are only a visual aid and are not part of your final drawing. Toggle the display of the grid with the Grid button $image\fcw5118.gif$ on the command line, or type GRIDON or GRIDOFF at the command prompt.

Snap locking makes points that you select on screen jump to coordinates at a spacing that you choose. SNAP may also be toggled with the Snap button $image\fcw5119.gif$ on the command line, or by typing SNAPON and SNAPOFF at the command prompt.

Cursor snap Cursor snap locks the cursor to the snap points. When snap locking is on, cursor snap makes cursors "jump" to snap points instead of moving smoothly over the screen. Toggle with the CsrSnap button $image\fcw5120.gif$ on the command line.

Ortho locking temporarily forces new lines to be horizontal or vertical. Rubber-band cursors also lock to horizontals and verticals when orthogonal locking is on. Toggle on and off with the Ortho button $image\fcw5121.gif$ on the command line.

New button

Choose to create a new grid system. You will first be asked to create either a rectangular circular grid system or hexagonal grid system. The Edit Grid System dialog box will then appear.

Edit button

Choose to edit the selected grid system. The Edit Grid System dialog box will appear.

Delete button

Choose to delete the selected grid system. Note that the default grid systems, "Standard Rectangular" and "Standard Circular" cannot be deleted.

You can type grid names containing spaces on the command line when using the SGRID command. Grid definitions are saved with each drawing file.

Text equivalent: SGRID

Text equivalent to turn grids on and off: GRIDON, GRIDOFF, GRIDTOG