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AutoGrid 7

• ChooseViews>Grids>ActivateHomeGrid.

•Deletethegridobject.

When you deactivate a grid object, any viewports

based on that grid switch to the corresponding

orthographic view. For example, a Grid (Front)

viewport becomes a F ront viewport. A Grid

(DisplayPlanes)viewportalwaysswitchestoTop

view, regard less of the currently displayed plane.

AutoGrid

Create panel > Any object category > Object Type rollout

Extras toolbar > AutoGrid

AutoGrid used to position the second block on top of the

first

AutoGrid lets you automatically create, merge,

or impor t objects on the surface of other objects

by generating and activating a temporary

construc tion plane based on normals of the face

thatyouclick.Thisservesasamoreefficientway

ofstackingobjectsasyoucreatethem,rather

than building objects and then aligning them as a

separate step.

Note: IftheSmoothcheckboxisturnedoninthe

Parameters rollout of a parametric object, the

construc tion plane is placed tangent to the face of

the surface implied by any smooth ing present on

the surface, not the actual face of the surface.

Procedure

Ex ample: To create a box al igned to an other object

using a temporar y construction grid:

Create or load a scene containing an object to

whichyouwanttoalignanewbox.

2. OntheCreatepanel>Standard

Primitives > Object Type rollout, click Box.

3. Tu r n on Auto Gr id .