Various grid (GRID) meanings and settings for Altium Ddesigner

When using DXP or Altium Ddesigner to draw a PCB board, it is often necessary to set some parameters. Includes board, size, grid settings, and more. This time we'll focus on the problem with the grid.

The raster is divided into a visual grid (visible grid), a capture raster (snap grid), a component placement capture raster (Component grid), and an electrical grid (electrical grid).

Visual Rasters: What you see in the editing process is a visual grid. The settings are divided into lines and dots, which allow you to set the dimensions of the first visual and second visible rasters. The first visible raster is the grid size that you initially see, and the second visible raster is the visual raster that continues to enlarge the PCB board.

Capture raster: Refers to the minimum interval at which the cursor moves. You can set the x direction and y direction.

Component Placement capture raster: Refers to the interval at which the component moves when a component is placed. You can also set the x direction and y direction.

Electrical grids: The function of the electrical grid is that when moving or placing components, the components and electrical bodies absorb each other when the distance between the component and the surrounding electrical entity is within the set range of the electrical grid.

It is set up as follows: Design----board option, make the above settings.