Setting Modular Grid Options

Color The color of the grid, labels, and the legend axis.
Grid text height The height of all text labels for the grid.
Font The font and text height used for grid labels. Type the complete name for a font, followed by a comma and the font height in units (mm, in, etc.). You can also click the ... button and select a font and a size in points. The size will be converted to the current units.
Grid interval The distance between grid lines.
Intervals per grid line The number of rows between each grid line.
Line style The type of line used for grid lines.
Thickness The thickness of grid lines.
Horizontal text location Show labels for the bottom of grid lines, the top of grid lines, both, or neither.
Vertical text location Show labels for the left end of grid lines, the right end of grid lines, both, or neither.
Axis labels Override X, Y, or Z with your own labels.
Negative and positive prefixes A prefix shown before the distance on a grid label.
Negative, positive, and zero suffixes A suffix shown after the distance on a grid label.
Modular grid description label A label shown next to the section line when you show a modular grid on a cross section view.
Automatic creation for new views Select an option for displaying modular grids for all new views in drawing sheets.
  • Automatically show modular grid when two grid directions are parallel to the sheet: Two of the X, Y, or Z axes in the view must be parallel to the drawing sheet to display the modular grid.
  • Automatically show modular grid when at least one grid directions are parallel to the sheet:The X, Y, or Z axis in the view must be parallel to the drawing sheet to display the modular grid.
  • Do not automatically show the modular grid
Automatically show modular grid description If selected, then the description label is displayed next to the section line for a cross section view.
Show balloons around grid labels Show circles around grid labels.
Automatically show origin Show the legend axis on the lower left corner of the view.