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Using Grid and Snap

Using Grid and Snap

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Using Grid and Snap

In this video we'll explore Grid and Snap. These two features allow you to draw objects constrained in space. Go down here to the status bar and toggle on these two modes, Grid and Snap. To control their spacing click this arrow and choose Snap Settings. This opens up the drafting settings dialog box and we're focused on the snap and grid tab. You can toggle on and off snap with F9 and you can toggle grid with F7. By default the snap spacing is half a centimeter in both x and y directions. And Grid is the same. Let's change Grid so that we see a grid line every centimeter. So I'll type 1, Tab, here. And I'd also like to set up the grid so that there's a major line every ten centimeters. So I'll change this to ten. If we were using inches, it would be best to set a major line every 12 inches or every foot. Over here, this is a major line and these are minor lines inside. I'm going to leave adaptive grid checked so that the grid density is limited when you zoom out, and I'll leave this…

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