Drawing grid properties

Setting
Description
Fill: Background
Defines the background color for the fill.
Scaling in direction x
Defines the fill scales in the x and y direction.
Scaling in direction y
Keep ratio of x and y
Angle
Rotates the fill. Angle 0.0 is for horizontal and 90.0
for vertical.
Offset
Moves the fill pattern inside the object to in the x
and y direction by the specified value.
See also Creating a shape in a drawing on page 194
Automatic hatch patterns in drawings on page 506
8.19 Drawing grid properties
Use the Grid properties to view and modify the grid settings in drawings.
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To set the automatic grid properties in single-part and assembly drawings: Click
Drawings & Reports --> Drawing Settings and select the drawing type. Click View
creation, select the view and the properties that you want to change, and click View
properties. Now click Grid in the options tree.
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To set the automatic grid properties on drawing level in general arrangement drawing:
Click Drawings & Reports --> Drawing Settings and select the drawing type. Click Grid.
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To modify the grid properties on drawing level in a general arrangement drawing:
Double-click the drawing background and click Grid.
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To modify the grid properties on view level: Double-click the drawing view frame and
click Grid in the View Properties dialog box.
Additionally, for example XS_DRAWING_GRID_LABEL_FRAME_FIXED_WIDTH,
XS_DRAWING_GRID_LABEL_FRAME_LINE_WIDTH_FACTOR and
XS_GRID_TEXT_FONT allow you to adjust the grid labels further.
Option
Description
Grids
Visible shows the grids.
Not visible does not show the grids.
Visible in all views shows the grids in all drawing views.
This option is not available for general arrangement
drawings.
Only grid labels visible shows only the grid label and a
short section of the grid line. The length of the displayed
grid line depends on the value entered in the Text placing
Drawing settings
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Drawing grid properties