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48 Chapter 10: Precision and Drawing Aids

viewports update after you have completed

changing the values. Choose All View p orts to have

all viewports update as you change the values.

User Gr i ds S ett ings

Customize menu > Grid And Snap Settings > Grid And

Snap Settings dialog > User Grids tab

The User Grids panel controls automatic activation

grid objects (page 2–19)

and settings for

AutoGrid (page 2–7)

Inter face

Note: The layout of t he Grid And Snap Settings

dialog is generated at runtime. Because of this, it

might appear slightly different than the il lustration

shown here.

Grid o bject automation group

Determines if the software automatically makes

grids active upon creation.

Activate grids when creating—Turn on to

automatically activate the grid you created.

Tip: If not turned on, you c an activate the grid

by selecting the grid, then rig ht-clicking and

choosing Activate Grid.

AutoGrid group

AutoGrid allows you to automatically create grids

on the surface of objects. The task of creating

objects that are aligned to other object surfaces has

beensimplified.TurnonAutoGridintheObject

Type rollout of a command panel. When you turn

on AutoGrid, the software uses the setting in the

User Grids dialog for world or object space.

Worl d s p ace —Aligns grids to world space.

Object space—Aligns grids to object space.

Drawing Aid Utilities

The utilities listed here are additional aids to

drawing and precision. The Measure utility

returns the measurements of a selected shape or

3D object. The Rescale World Units utility rescales

either a selection or an entire scene.

Use the

Ut i lities panel (page 3–821)

to open a

drawing aid utility and make it active.

MeasureUtility(page2–48)

Rescale World Units Utility (page 2–49)

Measure Utility

Utilities panel > Utilities rollout > Measure button

The Measure utility provides measurements of a

selected object or shape.