In addition, elements such as doors or windows may be inserted at masonry unit divisions (at the natural end-points of bricks or blocks) through the use of either the Snap Grid or the Construction Grid. Grid snap may be used for sketching walls or inserting elements by eye while ensuring placement on nominal measurement points, thus reducing the necessity of typing in coordinate values. This re-oriented Zoom may be reset back to normal by clicking the angle display next to the Rotate Orientation button (it will go back to 0 degrees) or by clicking “To Previous Zoom” from the standard Previous and Next Zoom buttons at the far right of the Navigation area. This is independent of the Grid, although it is often useful to set a Rotated Grid in conjunction with this Orientation. This allows the onscreen display to be rotated (similar to turning a sheet of paper) by clicking on a Rotation Centerpoint, then a Rotation Arc Startpoint, then finally on the desired endpoint. In ArchiCAD 13, a new command called Rotate Orientation was added to the Navigation tools next to the Fit in Window icon. they show negative rather than positive, contrary to the direction you prefer) you may need to set the Rotated Grid going in the opposite direction. If you find that the X and Y values are inverted (i.e. The visual display of the Grid will rotate, as will the X and Y values shown in the Measure Tool or in the Tracker. This is accomplished by choosing the Set Rotated Grid... command in the Grid popup menu, then clicking to place the grid origin point followed by a second click to define the desired angle of rotation. It may be useful to rotate the Grid to match the orientation of the building (if it’s not on the axes) or an angled part of the building. You may turn on or off Grid snapping by clicking the Grid icon in the Toolbar, and switch between Construction and Snap Grids as well as Orthogonal and Rotated Grids using the popup menu next to the Grid icon. The Construction Grid is seen onscreen, while the Snap Grid (usually set to a smaller value) is not displayed. In this dialog box, you may adjust the spacing of the Construction, Auxiliary and Snap Grids, as well as the color of the grid lines and screen background. Options for the Grid are set using the View menu > Grid Options > Grids and Backgrounds command. As a visual cue, you will see a tiny dot jumping from one Grid intersection to another, separate from the normal cross-hair cursor which follows your mouse movement.
When Grid Snap is turned on, any mouse clicks are repositioned to the nearest Grid intersection, facilitating drawing in relation to the currently active grid. The Grid is often shown onscreen as a visual reference in the background for the Plan and other drawing windows.
#TURN OFF GRID WINDOWS 10 HOW TO#
This 28 minute lesson shows how to use and control the Grid for sketching and precisely placing elements into your project. Using the Grid for Sketching and Precise Placement ArchiCAD Training (Best Practices Lesson 14-3) However, you can choose to display Grid elements as model elements in 3D so that they appear in renderings, with a cross-section and surfaces: to do so, adjust the options in the 3D View panel of Grid Settings.14-3.
Provided that their layer is visible, Grid elements are visible on: