Grid

Option

Description

ON

Turns on the display of the grid.

When the grid is on, this option changes to OFF.

Aspect

Changes the aspect ratio of the grid; prompts you:

Horizontal Spacing - specify the x distance between grid lines or dots.

Vertical Spacing - specify the y distance between grid lines or dots.

To change the grid to isometric mode, use the Snap command.

Grid spacing

Makes the x and y grid spacing the same; enter a positive number.

Synced with snap

Synchronizes the grid spacing with the current snap spacing.

Do one of the following:

• Type snap or s at the command prompt, then press Enter.

• Press Enter.

The grid spacing stays synced with the current snap spacing until the Grid Spacing or Aspect  option is used to set grid spacing different from snap spacing.

Shortcut Menu

Description

On

Turns on grid display.

Off

Turns off grid display.

Settings

Opens the Snap/Grid section of the Settings dialog box.

Grid mode

Toggles grid display:

• On - turns on grid display.

• Off - turns off grid display.

Grid unit

Specifies the distance between grid lines or dots:

• X - spacing between dots in the x direction.

• Y - spacing between dots in the y direction.

There is no grid in the z direction.

Grid Major

Specifies the frequency of major versus minor grid lines.

Grid Display

Specifies how the grid displays.
The options are:

• Display beyond limits area: displays the grid all over the graphic screen.
  If this option is off, the display of the grid is limited to the area defined by the LIMMIN and LIMMAX system variables, set by the Limits command.

• Adaptive grid display: displays less grid lines if the grid spacing is too small to display.
  If this option is off a message displays in the command window when it is not possible to display the grid properly.

• Allow subdivision below grid spacing: displays more grid lines when you zoom in.
  If this option is off the distance between the minor grid lines equals the current grid spacing.

• Follow dynamic UCS (not implemented yet): the grid displays in the XY-plane of the dynamic UCS .
  If this option is off, the grid displays in the XY-plane of the current UCS.

Grid Style

Specifies whether the grid displays with dots or lines.
The options are:

• Dotted grid in 2D model space: Dots display instead of lines if the view mode is set to 2D Wireframe. In all other view modes the grid always displays with lines (see the Shademode command).

• Dotted grid in Block Editor (not implemented yet).

• Dotted grid in Sheet/Layout: Dots display instead of lines in paper space layouts.

Grid axis color

Specifies the color of the grid axis lines and the major and minor grid lines.

Grid XYZ tint

Specifies whether the XYZ tints are applied over the grid line colors.
XYZ tints are defined by the COLORX, COLORY and COLORZ system variables.

Snap angle

Defines the rotation of snap, grid and crosshairs for the current viewport, relative to the current UCS.

If the snap angle is different from zero only dotted grids display; grid lines do not display.