Grid commands

When 2D annotations have been activated in the control view, a grid can be displayed and the cursor can be made to snap to grid points in the following contexts:

• 2D imports

• Component Modeller

• Drafting

  • Plant Modeller 2D drawings
  • Isometric and spool drawings

• P&ID

Selecting Navigate from the context menu of a view displays the following grid specific commands.

• Grid commands
• Move to nearest grid point/Release (F6)
• Grid on/off (F7)
• Ortho on/off (F8)
• Snap on/off (F9)
• Grid and Snap settings (F10)

Move to nearest grid point/Release (F6)

Moves the cursor to the nearest grid point.

Grid on/off (F7)

Turns grid display on or off.

Ortho on/off (F8)

Turns orthogonal movement on or off.

When this option is enabled, object are restricted to move only in U or V direction.

Note: This command is also available when using a Move command on a 3D object.

Snap on/off (F9)

Turns snapping on or off. When snapping is on, moving the cursor in a drawing automatically snaps it to the amount of snap spacing defined in the settings (but does not lock the cursor in that position).

Grid and Snap settings (F10)

Opens the Grid dialog.

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You can specify the following settings:

• Turn grid on or off, specify grid type (Rectangular, Isometric Top, Isometric Left, Isometric Right), show lines instead of dots, select grid color, and specify grid spacing.
• Turn snapping on or off and specify snap spacing. For example, if snap spacing is set to half of the value of grid spacing, you can snap to the middle of two grid points.
• Specify an offset for the starting point of the grid and snapping area by defining Base X and Base Y.