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### Grid Dialog

The Grid dialog, displayed by Grid on the Options menu, specifies the origin, angle and other parameters of the Snap Grid. The Snap Grid controls the position of the cursor during the Curve, Circle, Modify, Straight, Line Drawing and Turntable commands.

The Grid dialog contains controls affecting the Horizontal and Vertical Snap Grid lines. Each dimension can be independently controlled.

- The Spacing value specifies the distance between Major Grid lines, which are drawn as solid lines on the layout.
- The Divisions value adds the Minor Grid lines between the Major Grid lines, which are drawn as a series of dots on the layout. You can specify 0 or 1 as a Division value which removes the Minor Grid lines.
- The Grid can be enabled or disabled in each dimension via the Enable check box.

The origin and angle of the Grid can be adjusted directly or by dragging on the layout. Left-Drag moves the origin of the Grid, and Right-Drag rotates the grid. Shift-Right-Click displays a popup-menu allowing you to rotate the grid by various angles.

Whether the Snap Grid is drawn is controlled by the Show check box. Also, if the layout is Zoomed Out the Minor and Major Grid lines may be too close together to be drawn. The minimum pixel distance between Grid lines is controlled by the Min Grid Spacing value on the Display dialog.

Note: on slow machine drawing the Grid can take noticeable time. You can control this by selecting a larger value for the Min Grid Spacing.

The Grid Buttons on the Toolbar can be used to Enable/Disable and to Show/Hide the Snap Grid.

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