This command will plot a plan view grid at a user specified distance and optionally label the northing and easting coordinates of the grid. This command takes in consideration the current screen twist angle in which case it prompts for three corner points. After selecting the corner points the dialog below will appear. The title block is assumed right justified to the lower right corner of the grid definition points. After changing any of the settings select the OK button to plot the grid.
Grid Interval: The
distance between each grid line.
Horizontal Scale: Reports
the scale of the current drawing. This can also be set using the
Drawing Setup
command in the Settings menu.
Grid Format: The Ticks Only
option
will draw
tick marks instead of grid lines. Selecting the Ticks Only
option
activates the Tick Size option for sizing the tick marks. There is also
a Full Grid and Perimeter option.
Layout of Ticks: This option
places the ticks throughout the interior of the grid work or just on
the
perimeter of the grid boundary.
Use
’-‘ for Negative
Coordinates: This option labels the negative grid coodinates
with a ‘-‘.
Label
Grid: Selecting this Grid Text Setting option labels the grid
coordinates.
Use Split Coordinates Layout: Selec
Text Size
Scaler: This scaler, multiplied by the Horizontal Scale, determines
text
size.
Offset Scaler: This scaler, multiplied by the Horizontal Scale,
determines
the offset for text.
Avoid
Title Block Area: This Title Block Exclusion option will allow you
to not draw grid lines or tick marks in the
title block area. It is for making sure that the grid does not
overwrite the title block.
Pick
Title Block Corner: This option prompts you to pick the corner of
the title
block to determine where the grid lines and ticks will be omitted.
X
Dimension Scaler: This is the horizontal dimension of the title
block.
This option is automatically filled in when the Pick Title Block Corner
option
is selected.
Y
Dimension Scaler: This is the vertical dimension of the title
block. This
option is automatically filled in when the Pick Title Block Corner
option is
selected.
Label Prefix North: This option
is for assigning a prefix to the northing grid line and tick mark
coordinates.
Label Prefix East: This option is
for assigning a prefix to the easting grid line and tick mark
coordinates.
Pulldown Menu Location: Annotate
Keyboard Command: dgrid
Prerequisite: None
File Names: \lsp\grid.lsp, \lsp\scadarea.dcl