pymel.core.modeling.grid

grid(*args, **kwargs)

This command changes the size and spacing of lines on the ground plane displayed in the perspective and orthographic views. This command lets you reset the ground plane, change its size and grid line spacing, grid subdivisions and display options. In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
default (df)		bool
	Used to specify/query default values.
displayAxes (da)		bool
	Specify true to display the grid axes.
displayAxesBold (dab)		bool
	Specify true to accent the grid axes by drawing them with a thicker line.
displayDivisionLines (ddl)		bool
	Specify true to display the subdivision lines between grid lines.
displayGridLines (dgl)		bool
	Specify true to display the grid lines.
displayOrthographicLabels (dol)		bool
	Specify true to display the grid line numeric labels in the orthographic views.
displayPerspectiveLabels (dpl)		bool
	Specify true to display the grid line numeric labels in the perspective view.
divisions (d)		int
	Sets the number of subdivisions between major grid lines. The default is 5. If the spacing is 5 units, setting divisions to 5 will cause division lines to appear 1 unit apart.
orthographicLabelPosition (olp)		unicode
	The position of the grid’s numeric labels in orthographic views. Valid values are “axis” and “edge”.
perspectiveLabelPosition (plp)		unicode
	The position of the grid’s numeric labels in perspective views. Valid values are “axis” and “edge”.
reset (r)		bool
	Resets the ground plane to its default values
size (s)		float
	Sets the size of the grid in linear units. The default is 12 units.
spacing (sp)		float
	Sets the spacing between major grid lines in linear units. The default is 5 units.
style (st)		int
	This flag is obsolete and should not be used.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
toggle (tgl)		bool
	Turns the ground plane display off in all windows, including orthographic windows. Default is true.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.grid

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

#To toggle the grid display of the grid (in all views):
currState = pm.grid( toggle=True, q=True )
pm.grid( toggle=(currState == 0) )

# To reset the grid to default values:
pm.grid( reset=True )

# To change the grid spacing and subdivisions:
pm.grid( spacing=10, d=10 )

# To set the defaults for inches
pm.grid( default=True, spacing='1in', size='1ft', divisions=4 )

# To change the size of the grid to 20x20, extending 10 units
# in each direction:
pm.grid( spacing=10 )

# To query the current size of the grid:
# returns a size in the current linear unit.
pm.grid( query=True, size=True )
# Result: 12.0 #

# A typical grid would be a grid size of 20x20, with
# major grid lines every 5 units, with 5 divisions between
# major grid lines. This be done with the following command.
pm.grid( size='10cm', sp='5.0cm', d=5 )

# Turn on numeric grid labels.
#
pm.grid( displayPerspectiveLabels=True )

# Display grid labels along the axes.
#
pm.grid( perspectiveLabelPosition='axis' )