Aligning Components to the Grid
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DME32—Owner’s Manual
Aligning Components to the Grid
The grid, a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical dotted lines, is convenient
for aligning components. When the Snap to grid option is on, components automati-
cally align to the grid as they are added or moved. Components already in a configura-
tion can be aligned to the grid by using the Align command.
Note that the grid is only available when zoom is set to 100%.
1
Choose Grid from the View menu.
The Grid window appears, as shown below.
The Grid parameters are explained in the following table.
2
Make the required settings and then click OK to save your settings, or click
Cancel to leave them unchanged.
The Grid window closes.
When the grid is on, unaligned components can be aligned by using the Align com-
mand, which appears in the Edit and Shortcut menus and on the Tool Bar.
The following configuration window shows a typical grid with an even X/Y spacing.
Section
Parameter
Range
Description
Show grid
Check/
uncheck
Turns the grid on and off. When on, the grid
appears in the configuration window.
Snap to grid
Check/
uncheck
Turns snap to grid on and off. When on, compo-
nents snap to the grid when they are added or
moved.
Spacing
1
1. Can be specified using the adjacent buttons or entered from the keyboard.
X
10–99
Sets the horizontal grid spacing
Y
10–99
Sets the vertical grid spacing