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Grids Submenu 33
Snap Value—
Theincrementusedbytheslider
when Snap is on. Default=0.01.
Hide—When on, hides al l of the slider except for
the label and the move and show/hide components.
Default=off.
Gr id Commands
Views menu > Grids
The Grids submenu provides f unct ions to
manipulate the
home grid (page 3–1046) and grid
objects (page 3–1045)
.
The Snaps system uses g rids both as visual
references and as physical snap references. In
addition, grids serve as construc tion planes, since
the objects you create are built on the ac tive grid
intheactiveviewport.
Asadefault,thesoftwareusesaconstructiongrid
calledthehomegrid.Thehomegridisthebasic
reference system, and is defined by three fixed
planes on the world coordinate axes. It provides
ready-to-use construct ion planes, intersecting at
right angles through the origin. When the home
grid is displayed, each
orthographic viewport
(page 3–1080)
is coplanar (paral lel) with one of
the grid faces.
A custom grid, or grid object, is a helper object
thatyoucanuseinplaceofthehomegrid.While
the home grid is three intersecting planes whose
orientation is fixed in world space, a grid object
is a free-floating, 2D grid that you can position
and rotate anywhere, letting you construct
objects at any angle in world space. You c an also
automaticallycreategridsonthesurfaceofobjects
by using
AutoGrid (page 2–7) .
The Grids submenu contains the following
commands:
Show Home Gr id (page 2–33)
Ac tivate Home Grid (page 2–34)
Ac tivate Grid Object (p age 2–34)
Align Grid to View (page 2–34)
Show Home Grid
Views menu > Grid > Show Home Grid
Keyboard > G
Show Home Grid toggles the display of the home
grid (page 3–1046)
intheactiveviewport.
Grids are used both as visual references and as
physical snap references by the Snap system. In
addition, gr ids are construc tion planes, since the
objectsyoucreatearebuiltontheactivegridin
the ac tive v iewport.
As a default, there is a home construction grid
called home grid. The home grid is the basic
reference system, and is defined by three fixed
planes on the world coordinate axes. It provides
ready-to-use construction planes, intersecting at
right angles through the origin. When the home
grid is displayed, each
orthographic viewport
(page 3–1080)
is coplanar (paral lel) with one of
the grid faces.
Procedure
To toggle the displa y of t he home gr id, do one of
the following:
• Choose Views menu > Grids, and click Show
Home Grid.
• Right-click a viewport label and click Show
Grid on the viewport right-click menu.
•PressG on the keyboard.