# Displaying the Drawing Grid

When you are drawing your objects, it may be difficult to draw them on a plain white surface that does not have any reference points. You can choose to display a grid that appears either behind or in front of your objects.

| When you have the size of your animation set to 500 x 375, the 12 Field Grid is the same size as the camera frame in the Camera View.

The drawing grid can appear in the Drawing View window or in the Camera View window. To see the grid in the Camera View window, you must have a Drawing element and a drawing tool selected.

To display the grid:

1. Select View > Grid > Show Grid or click the Grid button on the toolbar. A grid appears in the Drawing View or Camera View window.

2. Select the type of grid you want to use from either the View > Grid menu or from the Grid View toolbar button. You can choose from the following types:

- Normal : the grid is divided into a standard set of squares of equal size.
- 12 Field : the grid measures 12 fields in each compass direction from the grid center.
- 16 Field : the grid measures 16 fields in each compass direction from the grid center.

3. Select where you want the drawings to appear in relation to the grid from the View menu. You have two choices:

- Underlay: the grid appears below the drawing.
- Overlay: the grid appears on top of the drawing.

You can also use the Overlay button to switch between the Overlay and Underlay options.

See Also
Rotating the Drawing Space
Onion Skin: Displaying the Next and Previous Drawings
Static Light Table: Displaying Selected Drawings
Auto Light Table: Displaying All Images in a Frame
Zooming and Panning the View Window