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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Modifying Rectangular Grid Characteristics</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">To modify characteristics of a rectangular grid:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select Preferences&rarr;Workplane. This opens the Work Plane Preferences dialog.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the Rectangular grid type. A rectangular grid is horizontal and vertical lines; a polar grid is lines eminating from an origin with circles at increasing distances from the origin.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Optionally select a new grid color using the Grid Color box. This displays the small Color Selection box. To display more colors, click on More. Select a color and click OK.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">To specify different spacing for X and Y, select the Non-Uniform check box. A uniform grid has the same spacing in X and Y. A non-uniform grid allows for different spacing in X and Y. If not checked, the system uses the X values for both X and Y.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">To enable snapping (moves an indicated screen position point to the nearest grid point), select the Snap to Grid icon.  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/prf_grid_snap_to_lc.gif" border="0"></p>
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            <p class="para_item">To display the grid, select the Show Grid icon. <img align="bottom" src="graphics/prf_grid_lc.gif" border="0"></p>
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            <p class="para_item">To show or hide the emphasis lines, click on the Show/Hide Emphasis Line icon. <img align="bottom" src="graphics/prf_grid_emphasis_line_lc.gif" border="0"></p>
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            <p class="para_item">To adjust the grid unit, modify the Grid Unit value.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">To draw a grid line every n grid units, modify the value in the Grid Line Every field.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">To draw an emphasis line every n grid lines, modify the value in the Emphasis Every field. Emphasis lines are solid lines while grid lines are a series of dots.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click OK or Apply.</p>
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