Autodesk AUTOSKETCH 8, User Manual

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Changing the Grid
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from the Grid edit bar. If your drawing requires you to switch grid types
often, you can also use the Grid toolbar to change the grid type or to double
or halve the size of the grid.
Another way to use onscreen drawing aids is to place guidelines in the draw-
ing. Guidelines consist of lines or circles that you place in the drawing in
order to increase precision. Both Gridpoint snap and Snap Off mode auto-
matically snap points to guidelines. Like the reference grid, guidelines do not
actually appear on printed output. However, unlike the reference grid, you
can draw guidelines anywhere you like, allowing more flexibility than the
reference grid.
Changing the Grid
You may have projects or preferences that require you to change
AutoSketch’s grid default settings to meet specific requirements. If so, you
can easily adjust the grid snap interval, as well as the frequency and position
of major and minor grid lines, to increase or decrease the grid’s density. You
can even change the grid origin and angle if you need to align your drawing
to a known point or angle.
Changes to the grid settings are performed on the Grid page of the Drawing
Options dialog box. Changes to the default color or style of lines, dots, and
the Drawing Origin are made on the Appearance page of the View Options
dialog box.
Setting Up the Grid
The grid snap interval—the distance between the points on the reference
grid—affects a drawing anytime you are using Gridpoint snap. When you use
Gridpoint snap, the coordinates of all points you enter are rounded to a
multiple of the snap interval. Normally, the horizontal and vertical settings
for the grid are the same, but they can be specified individually.
The lines and dots of the grid provide a visual reference only. The lines of the
reference grid are separated into two categories: major and minor.
AutoSketch allows you to customize the appearance of the reference grid by
selecting color and pen style for major and minor lines.
By default, the grid origin of the default reference grid is located at the draw-
ing origin, which, in turn, is located in the lower left corner of the page, with
the x-axis extended at 0 degrees and the y-axis extended at 90 degrees.
However, if you need to align an entity, you can change the grid origin posi-
tion, which is normally set to 0,0. Likewise, if you need to draw along a