Design aids

Grid

Grids are design aids that allow you to manually snap or align objects and anchor points, making it easy to keep consistent positioning and sizing in your designs. Corel Vector provides two types of grids — Rectangular and Isometric.

To use the grid:

1. Ensure the Grid is displayed by pressing / CTRL + / ALT +G or click View > Canvas > Show Grid
   The Snap to Grid option is available in the Snap submenu of the View Menu)
2. Click a blank area of the canvas to deselect everything. The Document panel opens at the bottom of the Inspector panel.

1. In the Grid section (2) of the Document panel, you can set grid options:  Rectangular (radio button On(1)) or Isometric ( radio button Isometric(2) ) grid.
   
2. You can modify grid settings:
   1. Grid size for both Width (1) and Height (2).
      
   2. Angles text fields (1,2) for Isometric Grid only.
      
3. Ensure Snap to Grid (2) is enabled in the Snap drop-down(1) of the View Menu.
   
   Note: Grids are only visible inside the Corel Vector viewport and won’t be exported or printed.

Here are some useful settings for Isometric grid settings:

1. Isometric (30°, -30°)
2. 1:2 Isometric (27°,-27°)
3. Dimetric (15°,-15°)
4. Oblique (45°, -45°)
5. 2:1 Triangular (27°,-27°)
6. Horizontal triangular (60°,-60°)

For more information about isometric design in Corel Vector, see:

• Designer’s Guide to isometric Projection
• Create an Isometric Illustration in Corel Vector
• How to Design an Isometric Illustration In Corel Vector
• How to Design Isometric Building in Corel Vector