Move Work Grid

 

The work grid indicates what floor level you are working on - the height where walls, floors, and stairs will be drawn. And where directory objects are placed as a default.

Contents

Work Grid

Floor Level Showing in Blueprint View

Set Grid Height

Grid Level Indicator

Setting Height Between Floors

Creating In-Between Floors

Work Grid

The work grid is the grid you see in the work area. Walls, floors and stairs draw on the grid. This also indicates what floor is shown in blueprint mode (other floors are hidden.)

Floor Level Showing in Blueprint View

Whatever level is showing on the status bar is what is shown in blueprint view. All objects dragged into blueprint view are placed at the current grid level.

 

All in-between floors are also shown in blueprint. For example, if you are showing grid level 2 in blueprint mode you will also see the floors at 2.53, 2.67 etc. However, to place dragged-in objects on a specific in-between floor you'll need to put the grid at that level explicitly with the Page Up or Page Down keys.

Set Grid Height

There are several ways to set grid height from the Edit menu:

 

Move Work Grid To lets you set grid to an even floor level or use Other to enter a specific grid height. Keyboard shortcuts: 1 through 9 keys.

 

Move Grid Up or Down does what it says. This is the easiest way to move the grid to in-between floor levels. Keyboard shortcuts: Page Up and Page Down keys.

Grid Level Indicator

The current grid level is shown on the status bar. Integer values indicate even floor levels. Fractional values indicate in-between floors. (Figure 1.)

 

Figure 1.

 

 

Grid at ground level:

 

 

 

Grid at Level 4 (27'1")

 

Setting Height Between Floors

Set height between floors by entering a value into "Default Wall Height" under Edit>Preferences> Walls. This is the distance from the bottom of the lower floor to the top of next floor.

 

Creating In-Between Floors

In-between floors are created several ways.

 

  1. Draw a floor and raise or lower it with the pink handle

  2. Draw a floor, right-click it and choose "Move Floor Vertically to..."

  3. Choose Edit> Move Grid to> Other and enter height. Draw floor on grid.

 

To move grid to in-between floors, use Move Grid up or Down from the Edit menu - or use the keyboard shortcuts of Page Up and Page Down.

 

 

Grid level halfway between second and third floors: