Grids help you place points and objects into the scene with precision. Grids do not appear in rendered images: they are only temporary drawing aids, extremely useful to place and align objects in an accurate manner.
solidThinking lets you adjust grid settings through the Grid setup panel that can be displayed by choosing the Edit > Grid setup command or its shortcut.
Modifications to grids and snaps settings in the Grid setup panel are immediately drawn in the views. Here you can define up to four different grids, each with its own origin and spacing, grid type, and color.
As default, all construction grids are based on the Global Coordinates origin, but they can be shifted individually.
You can set the spacing of the grids to match the scale you work in. For small mechanical parts, use small grid spacing for the first grid and increase the spacing for the second, third and fourth grid. Similarly, for a building the basic grid spacing can decrease for additional grids. If you set all the spacing values to zero, the grid will not be drawn.
The three grid icons define the type of line for the selected grid.
To define the color of the grid lines for the selected grid just click the Choose button and select your preferred color from the Colors panel. Once confirmed, the color appears in the color field on the left.
The Visible grids section allows you to check the grids you want to make visible and the ones you don't.
The Active snap section allows you to define the grid to which the snap will be applied.
When snaps are activated, Angles, Scale %, and Translate allow you to rotate, scale, and move only by steps of the measure you typed in the numeric.
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