Draft ToggleGrid: Difference between revisions

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This tool allows you to show and hide the grid defined in the Draft Preferences or with the Draft SelectPlane tool.

Define the appearance of the grid in the Draft Preferences; go to the menu Edit → Preferences → Draft → Grid and snapping; set the "Grid size", "Grid spacing" and "Main line every" options, then press OK.
Then right click on a Draft object and select Utilities → ToggleGrid.
Or right click on an empty space on a toolbar, or go to the menu View → Toolbars, and click on the Draft Snap checkbox.
Then press the Draft ToggleGrid button to make the grid visible.

Another way to define the grid is by setting the work plane.

Press the Draft SelectPlane button.
You don't have to set a new plane, you just need to change the "Grid spacing" and "Main line every" options, and the grid will update itself in real time.
Then press Esc or the Close button to abort the command but keep the new grid.

The SelectPlane button is present in the Draft Tray toolbar, which only appears in the Draft and Arch Workbenches.

Draft

Drafting: Line, Polyline, Fillet, Arc, Arc by 3 points, Circle, Ellipse, Rectangle, Polygon, B-spline, Cubic Bézier curve, Bézier curve, Point, Facebinder, ShapeString, Hatch
Annotation: Text, Dimension, Label, Annotation styles, Annotation scale
Modification: Move, Rotate, Scale, Mirror, Offset, Trimex, Stretch, Clone, Array, Polar array, Circular array, Path array, Path link array, Point array, Point link array, Edit, Subelement highlight, Join, Split, Upgrade, Downgrade, Wire to B-spline, Draft to sketch, Set slope, Flip dimension, Shape 2D view

Draft Tray: Select plane, Set style, Toggle construction mode, AutoGroup
Snapping: Snap lock, Snap endpoint, Snap midpoint, Snap center, Snap angle, Snap intersection, Snap perpendicular, Snap extension, Snap parallel, Snap special, Snap near, Snap ortho, Snap grid, Snap working plane, Snap dimensions, Toggle grid

Miscellaneous: Apply current style, Layer, Manage layers, Add a new named group, Move to group, Select group, Add to construction group, Toggle normal/wireframe display, Create working plane proxy, Heal, Show snap toolbar
Additional: Constraining, Pattern, Preferences, Import Export Preferences, DXF/DWG, SVG, OCA, DAT
Context menu:
- Layer container: Merge layer duplicates, Add new layer
- Layer: Activate this layer, Select layer contents
- Text: Open hyperlinks
- Wire: Flatten
- Working plane proxy: Write camera position, Write objects state

Getting started
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Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help FreeCAD, Donate

Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
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 ==How to use== <!--T:3-->
-# Define the appearance of the grid in the [[Draft Preferences]]; go to the menu {{MenuCommand|Edit → Preferences → Draft → Grid and snapping}}.
+# Define the appearance of the grid in the [[Draft Preferences]]; go to the menu {{MenuCommand|Edit → Preferences → Draft → Grid and snapping}}; set the "Grid size", "Grid spacing" and "Main line every" options, then press {{Button|OK}}.
 # Then right click on a Draft object and select {{MenuCommand|Utilities → [[Image:Draft Grid.svg|16px]] ToggleGrid}}.
 # Or right click on an empty space on a toolbar, or go to the menu {{MenuCommand|View → Toolbars}}, and click on the [[Draft Snap]] checkbox.