Grid Properties: Options

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To access this screen:

Display the Grid Properties screen and select the Options tab.

Configure the base properties of a 3D window grid, including:

Basic display format
Grid intervals
The type and position of grid annotation.

The following options are available regardless of the tab you are displaying:

Option	Description
Line type	Configure the type of line used to represent the grid elements. Ticks Lines Crosshairs
Show line	Toggle to show grid lines for a particular axis.
Fixed intervals	By default, grid intervals are set at a level which is appropriate to the viewing scale. A similar amount of information is displayed regardless of the scale. Check to override this setting, and define the display resolution independently for each grid axis.
Align with	Enter a value to position a grid line, along the specified axis. For example, if '1000' is set for the X axis, this will ensure that a grid interval marker (tick, line etc.) is placed in the nominated position, with intervals being positioned either side, as determined by the other settings on this screen.
Decimal places	Specify the number of decimal places for grid labels.
Major line every N	By default, a major (bold) line is drawn on the grid every tenth minor interval. Change this by setting another value.
Tick size	The default pixel size can be overridden by specifying your own setting here. The larger the value, the more the grid interval marker will encroach on the display area of the active 3D window.
Grid color	Select a general grid colour for all axes. Note: This can be overridden with axis-specific settings on the Grid Properties: Advanced Options screen.
Annotation	Check one or more groups of grid text, or uncheck all options to hide grid text completely.
Major lines only	Check to draw only the major lines in a grid interval.
Position	Choose how to display annotation, either Inside Border or Outside Border.
Style	Choose the alignment style for grid text.
Font	Pick a font for grid text. For any section-type grid (default or custom), you can display text either as 'flat' text (2D) or 3D text. Note: 3D Hull type grids are always labelled using 3D text.
Size	Enter the font size. Note: If defining a 3D Hull type grid, you can specify the size as % Interval (say, "make my text 50% of the gap between intervals") or in absolute world units ("make my text 15m high in world units").