Drawing rectangular grids
You can draw rectangular grids by dragging or by setting specific grid parameters in the Rectangular Grid Tool Options dialog box.
To draw a rectangular grid: - Select the rectangular grid tool
, and drag diagonally. - As you drag, do any of the following:
- Press Shift to constrain the grid to a square.
- Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) to extend the grid from all sides of the origin point.
- Press Shift + Alt (Windows) or Shift + Option (Mac OS) to constrain the grid to a square as it extends from the origin point.
- Press the spacebar to move the grid as you draw.
- Hold down ~ (tilde) to create multiple grids.
- To adjust the grid's dividers, do any of the following as you drag:
- Press Up Arrow or Down Arrow to add or remove horizontal lines.
- Press Right Arrow or Left Arrow to add or remove vertical lines.
- Press F to decrease the logarithmic skew value for the horizontal dividers by 10%.
- Press V to increase the logarithmic skew value for the horizontal dividers by 10%.
- Press X to decrease the logarithmic skew value for the vertical dividers by 10%.
- Press C to increase the logarithmic skew value for the vertical dividers by 10%.
To create a rectangular grid by specifying properties: - Select the rectangular grid tool
, and click in the artboard to set the grid's origin point and display the Rectangular Grid Tool Options dialog box. - In the Rectangular Grid Tool Options dialog box, do any of the following and then click OK:
- For Default Size, enter Width and Height values for the entire grid. Then click a corner of the Origin Point icon to determine the point from where the grid is drawn.
- For Horizontal Dividers, enter the number of horizontal dividers you want to appear between the top and bottom of the grid. Then enter a Skew value to determine how the horizontal dividers are weighted to one side or the other.
- For Vertical Dividers, enter the number of dividers you want to appear between the left and right sides of the grid. Then enter a Skew value to determine how the vertical dividers are weighted toward the top or bottom of the grid.
- Select Use Outside Rectangle As A Frame to replace the top, bottom, left, and right segments with a separate rectangular object.
- Select Fill Grid to fill the grid with the current fill color (otherwise, the fill is set to none).
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