Adobe illustrator 10 Manuale Utente

Use the grid tools to quickly draw rectangular or polar grids. Specify the grid size and the 
number of dividers, and then drag to create the grid anywhere on the artboard. The 
rectangular grid tool creates rectangular grids of a specified size with a specified number 
of dividers. The polar grid tool creates concentric circles of a specified size and a specified 
number of dividers.

You can draw rectangular grids by dragging or by setting specific grid parameters in the 
Rectangular Grid Tool Options dialog box.

1 Select the rectangular grid tool  , and drag diagonally.

2 As you drag, do any of the following:

Press Shift to constrain the grid to a square.

Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) to extend the grid from all sides of the origin 

point.

Press Shift + Alt (Windows) or Shift + Option (Mac OS) to constrain the grid to a square 

as it extends from the origin point.

Press the spacebar to move the grid as you draw. 

Hold down ~ (tilde) to create multiple grids.

3 To adjust the grid’s dividers, do any of the following as you drag:

Press Up Arrow or Down Arrow to add or remove horizontal lines.

Press Right Arrow or Left Arrow to add or remove vertical lines.

Press F to decrease the logarithmic skew value for the horizontal dividers by 10%.

Press V to increase the logarithmic skew value for the horizontal dividers by 10%.

Press X to decrease the logarithmic skew value for the vertical dividers by 10%.

Press C to increase the logarithmic skew value for the vertical dividers by 10%.

1 Select the rectangular grid tool  , and click in the artboard to set the grid’s origin point 
and display the Rectangular Grid Tool Options dialog box. 

2 In the Rectangular Grid Tool Options dialog box, do any of the following and then 
click OK:

For Default Size, enter Width and Height values for the entire grid. Then click a corner of 

the Origin Point icon to determine the point from where the grid is drawn.

For Horizontal Dividers, enter the number of horizontal dividers you want to appear 

between the top and bottom of the grid. Then enter a Skew value to determine how 
the horizontal dividers are weighted to one side or the other.

For Vertical Dividers, enter the number of dividers you want to appear between the left 

and right sides of the grid. Then enter a Skew value to determine how the vertical 
dividers are weighted toward the top or bottom of the grid.