Setting Up and Using AutoCAD’s Drafting Tools - Mastering AutoCAD for Mac - page 106

To set up the grid spacing, follow these steps:
1. Right-click the Grid Display tool in the status bar and select Settings (or type DS ↵) to
open the Drafting Settings dialog box, showing all the mode settings.
2. Click the Snap & Grid tab if it isn't already selected. You see six groups: Snap Spacing,
Grid Style, Polar Spacing, Grid Spacing, Snap Type, and Grid Behavior. Notice that
the Grid X Spacing text box contains a value of 1/2˝. Metric users see a value of 10 (see
Figure 3.25).
3. Enter the grid spacing you want in the Grid X Spacing and Grid Y Spacing input boxes.
4. Click the Grid On check box to make the grid visible. Click OK to dismiss the Drafting
Settings dialog box and save your settings.
If you prefer, you can use the Gridunit system variable to set the grid spacing. Enter
Gridunit ↵, and at the Enter new value for GRIDUNIT <0´-0 ½˝,0´-0 ½˝>: prompt, enter a
grid spacing in X,Y coordinates. You must enter the Gridunit value as an X,Y coordinate.
There are several other grid options in the Drafting Settings dialog box. The Grid Style group
lets you display the grid as a series of dots instead of the graph-paper-style lines. Place a check
by the view name where you want to display dots instead of grid lines.
FIGURE 3.25
The Snap & Grid
tab of the Drafting
Settings dialog box