snap and grid in AutoCAD.
Snap: It is AutoCAD tool help you to reach specific point or location with accuracy and easily when you want to pick any point. With help of this you can easily jump from one point to another equal point and draw angular lines.
Grid: Grid is the continuous array of rectangular area on AutoCAD GUI which helps you to give a general idea about the drawn objects.
You can control snap and grid setting in drafting settings Dialog box. To enter in drafting settings dialog box you need DS enter. There are following points are displayed in the drafting setting dialog box:
- Snap On dialog box
You can turn Snap mode on or off by clicking Snap Mode on the status bar, by pressing F9, or by using the SNAPMODE system variable.
- Snap Spacing
Control on a non- visible, rectangular grid of snap location that restrict pointer movement to specific X and Y interval.
- Snap X Spacing tab
Specify the snap gaping along X direction. The value must be a non-negative real number.
- Snap Y Spacing tab
Specify the snap gaping along Y direction. The value must be a non-negative real number.
- Equal X and Y Spacing tab
To makes the X and Y spacing with same value snapping and grid snapping. The intervals in snap spacing and grid snapping may be different.
Polar Distance tab
Set the snap increasing distance when Polar-Snap is selected.
AutoCAD Command: POLARDIST
- Snap Type snap
To set the snap style and snap type
- Grid Snap tab
Set the snap type to Grid snap. During specify points, the cursor start snapping in the direction of vertical or horizontal grid points.
AutoCAD Command: SNAPTYPE
- Rectangular Snap tab
Setting up of snap style to rectangular snapping mode. On click active mode on rectangular snap tab, the cursor starts snapping to rectangular snaps grid.
AutoCAD Command: SNAPSTYL
- Isometric Snap tab
Setting up of snap style to isometric snapping mode. On click active mode on rectangular snap box the cursor starts snapping to isometric snaps grid.
AutoCAD Command: SNAPSTYL
- Polar Snap
Setting of the snapping type to Polar mode. On click active mode on rectangular snap box, the cursor starts snapping in the direction of polar angles.
AutoCAD Command: SNAPTYPE
- Grid On dialog box
To activate grid on you need to tick on grid on dialog box or clicking on grid on icon on status bar. You can also activate grid on by pressing F7 button on keyboard.
AutoCAD Command: GRIDMODE
- Grid Style tab
Set the grid style in 2D contexts. You can also set grid style by using the GRIDSTYLE system variable.
- 2D Model Space tab
Setting of grid style to dotted grid style for 2D model space.
AutoCAD Command: GRIDSTYLE
- Block Editor tab
Setting of grid style to dotted grid for the Block Editing.
AutoCAD Command (GRIDSTYLE system variable)
- Sheet/Layout tab
Setting the grid style to dotted grid for sheet and layout editing.
AutoCAD Command: GRIDSTYLE
- Grid Spacing
To control the display of a grid to visualize distances.
- Grid X Spacing tab
Specify the grid space direction of X.
AutoCAD snap and grid Command: GRIDUNIT
- Grid Y Spacing tab
Specify the grid space direction of Y
AutoCAD snap and grid Command: GRIDUNIT
- Major Line Every tab
To specify the amount of major grid lines to minor grid.
AutoCAD snap and grid Command: [GRIDMAJOR]
- Grid Behavior
- In AutoCAD: [GRIDSTYLE] is set to 0.
- In AutoCAD LT: SHADEMODE is set to Hidden.
Control the appearance of the grid lines.
Adaptive Grid tab
Limiting density of the grid spacing when zoomed out.
AutoCAD Command: [GRIDDISPLAY] FOR snap and grid
Allow Subdivision below Grid Spacing tab:
Generate additional, more closely spaced grid lines when zoomed in.
AutoCAD Command: [GRIDDISPLAY] FOR snap and grid
GRIDMAJOR
Display Grid beyond Limits tab
To displaying the grid beyond the area already specified by the LIMITS command.
AutoCAD Command: [GRIDDISPLAY] FOR snap and grid
Follow Dynamic UCS tab
To changing the grid plane to follow the XY plane of the dynamic UCS.
AutoCAD Command: [GRIDDISPLAY] FOR snap and grid.
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