Show, hide, or change the grid

To... Do this

Show or hide the grid in all view panels.

Select Display > Grid in the main menu.

Show or hide the grid per view panel.

In a view panel toolbar, click the icon or select Show > Grid.

There is no default hotkey set for this command, but you can create your own in the Hotkey Editor - see Assign a hotkey to a command.

Edit the spacing, look, and extent of the grid.

Select Display > Grid > - see Grid Options.

Set the display default preference for the grid

In the Preferences window, select Display, then set the Grid plane option to Show or Hide.

Note:

If you are working in non-default units, you may not see the grid in perspective view when you first open a file. The problem is that the grid is created at the wrong size. Zooming out will show it. To fix this problem, select Display > Grid > and click the Reset button. Then in the view panel, select View > Default View or press Alt+Home.

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