Creating a Grid in Autocad plant 3D / Autocad plant 3D tutorials

A grid helps you place structural components at an appropriate location. To create a grid, choose the Grid tool from the Parts panel in the Structure tab. The Create Grid dialog box will be displayed.

In this dialog box, enter the name of the grid in the Grid name edit box. Next, specify the type of coordinate system to be used to set the orientation of the grid. You can specify the coordinate system by selecting any one of the radio buttons available in the Coordinate system area. The WCS radio button is used to define the coordinate system of the grid using the World coordinate system. The UCS radio button is used to define a user coordinate system. If you select the 3 points radio button, you will be prompted to specify the origin point.

After specifying the origin point, you need to specify one point on the X-axis, one point on XY plane, and then one point on the Z-axis. These three points specify the directions of three axes in a grid. After specifying the coordinate system, enter values for the axis points in the Axis value edit box. You can use the @ symbol to enter a value relative to the preceding value. You can also use the Pick point button adjacent to this edit box to directly specify the points in the workspace. Next, specify names of the axes in the Axis name (local X) edit box. Similarly, enter values for the row points in the Row value edit box. Also, enter the names of the row points in the Row name (local Y) edit box. Specify the platform value points (in Z-direction) and their names in the Platform value and Platform name (local Z) edit boxes, respectively. Next, enter the font size in the Font Size edit box for the names displayed in the grid. Choose the Create button. A grid will be created in the model space.