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- GRID Menu:SCRN
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- Activates an orthogonal dotted grid.
- (A nested command.)
-
- 1. (NUM) grid interval (min. value, 0-to switch off)
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- Description:
-
- This command activates an orthogonal dotted grid on the display.
-
- You are prompted to enter the grid interval. The minimum value is 0.00001
- meters and is displayed in the current units. The grid is displayed and the
- grid increment is set to the specified interval. The letter `g' is displayed
- next to the increment value on the status line to indicate that the grid is
- active.
-
- The grid is displayed in orthogonal views only; you cannot see the grid when
- in other views.
-
- The limit to the density of the grid, relative to the current scale, is 1:250.
- Thus, for a scale of 1:1000, the densest grid that can be displayed is 4
- units. Requesting a grid denser than this limit will cause an asterisk to
- appear by the increment display on the second screen line (nn.nnnI*). The
- requested grid will be displayed only after the scale is reduced sufficiently.
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- The grid may be deactivated by entering zero or using the \ngrid command.
-
- Example: \grid 1
- Result: A dotted grid of 1 unit is displayed.