Drawing grid properties
Use the grid properties to view and modify the grid settings in drawings.
- To set the automatic grid properties in single-part and assembly drawings: On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type. Click View creation in the options tree on the left, select the view and the properties that you want to change, and click View properties. Now click Grid... in the options tree and adjust the settings as required.
- To set the automatic grid properties on drawing level in general arrangement drawing: On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type. Click Grid... and adjust the settings as required.
- To modify the grid properties on drawing level in a general arrangement drawing: Double-click the drawing background, click Grid... and adjust the settings as required.
- To modify the grid properties on view level: Double-click the drawing view frame and click Grid... in the View Properties dialog box, and adjust the settings as required.
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Option |
Description |
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Grid |
Visible shows the grids. Not visible does not show the grids. Visible in all views shows the grids in all drawing views. This option is not available for general arrangement drawings. Only grid labels visible shows only the grid label and a short section of the grid line. The length of the displayed grid line depends on the value entered in the Text placingbox. In the drawing level, this option is only available for general arrangement drawings. On the view and object level this option is available for all types of drawings. |
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Text placing |
Sets the side to show the grid labels and the length of the grid line extension (the distance between the end of the grid line and the text). |
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Text: Color, Height, Font and Frame |
Defines the grid label text color, height, font and frame. |
Other ways to adjust grids
Additionally, for example
XS_DRAWING_GRID_LABEL_FRAME_FIXED_WIDTH,
XS_DRAWING_GRID_LABEL_FRAME_LINE_WIDTH_FACTOR and
XS_GRID_TEXT_FONT allow you to adjust the grid labels further.