| Making items align to a grid (autogrid)
Autogrid is useful for lining up items in a painting or drawing. As you move, paint, draw, or resize something, autogrid automatically aligns items to an invisible grid. You can adjust the autogrid unit size or turn off autogrid. In a drawing, the autogrid unit size is the smallest increment (division) in the ruler. In a painting, you can determine the unit size by choosing Grid Size from the Options menu. Turning autogrid on To turn autogrid on: To align existing objects to the autogrid (possible only in drawing documents): Turning autogrid off Because autogrid determines the units of measurement by which an item can be moved, drawn, painted, or sized, it can interfere with your ability to do these things in a very precise manner. For example, in a painting, if the painting grid size is set to 32 pixels, then you cannot draw a line that is only 12 pixels long, and you cannot move an image fewer than 32 pixels away from its original position. For more freedom of movement, so that items don't "snap" to the nearest grid point when you draw, paint, move, or size them, turn autogrid off. When autogrid is off, you can move, draw, paint, or size items in one-pixel units. To turn autogrid off: Setting the painting autogrid size In a painting, adjust the size of the autogrid units by choosing Grid Size from the Options menu and selecting a number of pixels. For example, if you select 8 pixels, each autogrid unit is 8 pixels high and 8 pixels wide. Setting the drawing autogrid size In a drawing, the smallest ruler increments (divisions) define the autogrid. By changing the number of divisions in the ruler, you can increase or decrease the size of the autogrid units. For example, if the unit of measurement is centimeters, the higher the division number, the smaller the increments between centimeters. Note: When the divisions are very small, you have to zoom in to see a true representation of them in the ruler. Related topics
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