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How To Add Grid To Drawings??

How To Add Grid To Drawings??

How To Add Grid To Drawings??

(OP)
I have my drawing set up with my view on it and I need to have 10 inch grid lines on it....Can anyone help me out? Thanks

Ryan Hill
Design Engineer
bestCADsolutions, Inc.

RE: How To Add Grid To Drawings??

Hi

The easy way is to create a 2D component (ditto) saved in a catalog and reused when you need...

Regards
Fernando

RE: How To Add Grid To Drawings??

(OP)
Isnt there a way to just add a grid onto the view??

Ryan Hill
Design Engineer
bestCADsolutions, Inc.

RE: How To Add Grid To Drawings??

No, companies using grid usually have a script to do the grid, but like fernando says you can use ditto but that would require you to have different ones for different scales and also that you trim it down. But your industri is automotive and the big question is why still use grid, the only usage is actually when you print it, as long as you are in the 3d world you dont need it. I have noticed that some companies have removed the grid today.

RE: How To Add Grid To Drawings??

(OP)
It is going to be printed, I need to do this in drawing space, not model space.

Ryan Hill
Design Engineer
bestCADsolutions, Inc.

RE: How To Add Grid To Drawings??

A quick grid can be created (in a view or on the sheet) by:
Draw a horz line
Use the offset command for distance and instances
Same for vert

RE: How To Add Grid To Drawings??

(OP)
yea, I was going to do that, just thought there would be some sort of grid command, but guess not. Thanks all.

Ryan Hill
Design Engineer
bestCADsolutions, Inc.

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