Grid size

The grid allows you to place layout elements precisely and very efficiently. The grid capture is always active and is displayed as long as the zoom is adjusted to appropriate values. The grid display is disabled when zoom factor is too small to display the grid, but the capture will still remain active.

 

To turn off the capture completely hold down the CTRL-key on your keyboard, while moving objects.

 

You may change the grid size whenever you like. This will not have any effect to the layout. If you can not reach the wanted position of the board, try to decrease the grid size. It is recommended to use 1/10 Inch (=2,54 mm) as default grid size, or fractions of this.

 To adjust the grid size click to the bottom in the left toolbar:

You will get the following popup:

 

The popup menu offers seven default values for the grid, which are suitable for most applications. You can add your own grid values to the popup menu. Call ADD NEW GRID VALUE... from the popup menu to add user-defined grids to the popup menu. You may enter values from 0,01 mm to 99,9 mm for the grid size. Confirm the value with OK and the grid will now be available from the grid popup menu and is activated immediately.

 

User-defined grid values are listed below the default grid values in the popup menu. To remove user-defined grids from the popup menu, you have to activate the grid entry that has to be deleted. Call REMOVE CURRENT GRID VALUE from the grid popup menu. (The current grid is indicated with a small hook.)

 

Tip:

Holding down the CTRL-key of the keyboard turns off the grid-capture.

 

 

Subdivisions

Normally every fifth line of the grid is thickened to simplify the orientation. You can influence this behavior with the entry SUBDIVISIONS in the popup menu.

 

Show/Hide grid

With the last option in the popup menu you can show or hide the grid.

Note that the grid capture is still active, even if you hide the grid.