#Photoline snap to grid how to
#Photoline snap to grid software
#Photoline snap to grid series

–If you draw a new shape, the bounding box will ONLY go along the grid lines. Likewise, you can set any specific size using the Scaletool. Once you move or resize a shape with one of those tools, it has a new zero point. –You can have Snap to Grid on and still move your shape without it snapping automatically by using the Align or Move tools. –The side or corner opposite the square you are using to resize stays puts as an anchor point and therefore determines the new zero point. (You don’t have to understand the math - just trust me). So unless your design is symmetrical all 4 ways, like a square or perfect circle, it’s not really an offset. However, it’s only an offset of the bounding box, not the actual shape.

#Photoline snap to grid software

That does make more sense, especially if you know that the software developers are in the U.K. If you use the metric system, it’s 0.9cm (9mm). It enlarges it as if it’s creating an offset of the bounding box of 0.354″. It’s a formula that doesn’t make logical sense to my mind. However, those chunks do NOT correspond with the grid lines. –When you use the squares around the bounding box to resize the shape, it only goes in chunks. –The shapes also snap if you use the arrow keys on your computer keyboard instead of clicking and dragging with your mouse.

If you’ve got it set at spacing 1 and divisions 0, it could only go to 2.67″ down from the top, or 3.67″ or 4.67″, etc. If you copy and paste that shape, the new one has the same zero point. It can only move in chunks the size of your grid lines. In other words, if it’s 1.67″ down from the top and 4.89″ in from the right, that’s it’s home base. –Wherever the shape is when you turn on Snap to Grid, that’s it’s zero point.

–Snap to Grid affects all shapes, even if they aren’t on the mat area. Here are some other helpful tidbits– On All shapes That’s why all those things I mentioned in the introductory paragraph are happening. When you turn it on accidentally, it’s usually because you clicked your mouse on the box here without realizing it. There are boxes right next to each of the phrases in that grid tab of the Page Setup panel.

“Snap to Grid” means you want the software to snap any shape you move to that defined grid.

“Show Grid” means you want to see the horizontal and vertical lines on your Design area.

You control your grid in the Page Setup panel, second tab.

#Photoline snap to grid how to

How did I turn it on and how to I get it off? If Snap to Grid is on, you can only move it to where it’s 1″ down, or 2″ down, or 3″ down, or 4″ right or 5″ left. Suppose your shape is a 4″ square and it’s at the very top and left of the page. That means you can only move your shape up, down, left or right in chunks of 1″. Say you have your grid on and the lines are at 1″ intervals. What Snap to Grid does is tell the software you only want to move your shapes in relation to the grid that’s showing. If you don’t know how the grid works on your Design area, check out this post. What’s going on is that you turned on Snap to Grid, probably accidentally. This helps me to be able to keep my business going and provide more tutorials. That means if you click the link and purchase something, I may receive a small commission. Note: This post contains affiliate links. I’ll even show you some great times to use this feature. You just need to understand Snap to Grid. Or when you try to draw a new shape and it won’t let you do it outside of specific sizes, or even resize a shape freely. Today we’re talking about what’s happening when you try to move your shape around the page and it jerks around instead of moving smoothly and won’t go where you want it to.

#Photoline snap to grid series

Have you ever had something that had you completely stumped in Silhouette Studio? And you couldn’t figure out what in the world was going on or how to stop it? That’s what this series is all about - explaining all those crazy things.