To Create a Grid System
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Select
(
Grid Systems
Manager
).
The Grid Systems dialog appears with no grids defined.
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Select
from the Grid
Systems dialog Grid Systems Settings toolbar.
A default orthogonal grid definition is previewed on the Grid Systems dialog. The default grid has four grid lines on the X axis and 5 grid lines on the Y axis.
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Open the
Y Grids tab, select Y grids 4 and 5 (press
<Ctrl> to select multiple grid lines), and select
Remove from the
Grid Line Settings toolbar.
The grid preview updates. The grid now has three Y grid lines and four X grid lines.
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Remain in the
Y Grids tab, and enter values
10:0 and
20:0 in the
Distance column for Y grid lines 2 and 3.
The grid preview updates with these changes.
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Open the
X Grids tab, and enter values
20:0,
20:0, and
20:0 in the
Distance column for X grid lines B, C and D.
The grid preview updates with these changes.
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On the Grid System Settings, select the orthogonal grid (the only
one), and enter
Grid1 in the
Name column.
This renames the grid definition.
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While Grid1 is still active, select a
Start Floor and an
End Floor.
Grid1 is now previewed on both the Grid Systems dialog preview panels. You are ready to add Grid1 as a DGN model to your DGN file.
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Click
Create\Update Grid Models (lower left).
The Grid Systems dialog closes. A grid model is created for each floor definition.