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rowan.bradley
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Printing Sketch with dimensions but without grid

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How do I print a sketch with constraints (i.e. dimensions) but without the grid? I can do it with dimensions by setting the background colour to white, but it still prints the grid, and I can't find an option to turn off the grid or to make it white.

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Re: Printing Sketch with dimensions but without grid

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Hi,

You can disable the grid in the Draft workbench. ;)

Edit : Draft -> Utilities -> Toggle grid ; or use the keyboard shortcut G,R
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Re: Printing Sketch with dimensions but without grid

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Thanks for your suggestion. I can't get this to work. With grid enabled it looks like this:
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With grid disabled it looks like this:
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I want all that grey fuzz in the background to disappear. How do I get this to happen?

Thanks - Rowan
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Re: Printing Sketch with dimensions but without grid

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openBrain wrote: Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:37 pm You can disable the grid in the Draft workbench. ;)
Which does nothing for Rowan because as he already said and showed with screenshots, he's working in the Sketcher, not Draft workbench. They have separate grids.

When you're in sketch edit mode, there's a checkbox in the Tasks tab to show or hide the Sketcher grid. The reason it looks fuzzy is that the squares of the grid are small, default is 10mm but it can be changed.
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Re: Printing Sketch with dimensions but without grid

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While editing the sketch Tasks Panel/Edit Controls/Show Grid:
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Re: Printing Sketch with dimensions but without grid

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Thank you. That was the answer. I had not explored all the hidden controls in the tasks tab.

Now I can print my drawing as I need it!

Thanks - this is a very helpful forum

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Re: Printing Sketch with dimensions but without grid

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NormandC wrote: Mon Feb 18, 2019 7:01 pm
openBrain wrote: Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:37 pm You can disable the grid in the Draft workbench. ;)
Which does nothing for Rowan because as he already said and showed with screenshots, he's working in the Sketcher, not Draft workbench. They have separate grids.
Below a screenshot to show you how it is definitely possible that the Draft grid appears in Sketcher WB (even in edit mode).
I thought to this because OP said he can't turn it white, while the Sketcher grid is white (or almost) by default.
Also notice that at time I answered I didn't have any screenshot or file to refer to...
Shortly said, I found easy to quote this answer as bad while oppositely, these one leads to Rowan giving you extra clues to get the right answer...
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Re: Printing Sketch with dimensions but without grid

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openBrain wrote: Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:05 pm Below a screenshot to show you how it is definitely possible that the Draft grid appears in Sketcher WB (even in edit mode).
I never disputed that. But Rowan never mentioned using Draft, and the obvious first shot is the Sketcher grid itself.

openBrain wrote: Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:05 pm Also notice that at time I answered I didn't have any screenshot or file to refer to...
I'll grant you that, apologies.
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