You may have noticed in another article or video where there was a grid of “squares” on the board surface. This is a really nice feature to help you layout objects with a degree of precision. The Grid can be viewed/turned on by selecting “View/Toggle Grid Lines” from the Designer menu. By default, the grid is laid out in ½”squares. You can change the size of the grid by selecting “Layout/Snap” from the Designer menu. The following window pops up…

You can set several options here. I usually select “Center Grid” so the grid is equidistant from all edges of the board, and I’ll often type in a new value for the snap interval to change the “square” sizes (.25 or whatever). I’ll also normally select “Snap Objects to Grid”. After you make your desired settings, click “OK” to return to your main screen and you’ll see the new grid layout superimposed over the surface of the board. If you selected “Snap to Grid” then all objects you move around on the board will “snap” to the nearest square to help you space and line up objects while laying out your design. To turn off the snap feature, reopen “Layout/Snap” and deselect the “Snap Objects to Grid”. (You can also turn off the “View Grid” display via this window as well.) The grid feature is often overlooked by newcomers, so I wanted to alert you to this very handy feature!

The grid tool is utilized in this video tutorial.