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Chapter 6 Customizing the Grid
specific alignment or angle, you can rotate the grid. This realigns the pattern
of lines and dots in the reference grid, affecting both the snap points avail-
able in Gridpoint snap and the X-axis, Y-axis, and Orthogonal lock modifiers.
To set up the rectangular reference grid
1 On the Tools menu, click Drawing Options. The Drawing Options dialog
box appears.
2 Click the Grid page tab, then click the Rectangular page tab.
3 (optional) Check the Keep Grid Square check box. When the check box is
unchecked, you must enter both horizontal and vertical values in each of
the following steps.
4 Enter the distance between gridpoints in the Snap Interval text box.
5 (optional) Check the Major as Interval check box. This check box is the
direct link between the displayed grid and the snap interval grid. When
the check box is unchecked, you must enter the number of snap intervals
between major lines. When the check box is checked, you must enter the
interval between major lines.
6 (optional) Enter the number of snap intervals between major lines in the
Major Frequency text box.
7 (optional) Enter the distance between major lines in the Major Interval
text box.
8 Select a style from the Minor Style drop-down list box.
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None removes the minor lines from the reference grid.
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Subdivisions creates a pattern of minor lines, all equally spaced
between major lines
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Offset creates one minor line, offset a specific distance from the major
line.
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Double Offset creates minor lines offset a specific distance on both
sides of each major line.
9 (optional) Click a number of subdivisions between major lines in the
Minor Subdivisions drop-down list box.
10 (optional) Enter an offset distance between the minor and major lines in
the Minor Offset distance text box.
11 (optional) In the Grid Position section, enter new coordinates in the
Origin text boxes. The first text box is the x-coordinate, the second is the
y-coordinate.
12 (optional) Enter a new angle for the x-axis in the Angle text box.
13 Click OK.