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<title>Ipe Manual -- 6.1 Grid snapping</title>
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<table width="100%" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=2><tr><td bgcolor="#99ccff"><a href="manual_24.html"><img border="0" alt="6.2 Context snapping" src="next.png"></a></td><td bgcolor="#99ccff"><a href="manual_22.html"><img border="0" alt="6 Snapping" src="up.png"></a></td><td bgcolor="#99ccff"><img alt="" src="blank.png"></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#99ccff" width="100%"><b>6.1 Grid snapping</b></td></tr></table>
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<h2>6.1 Grid snapping</h2>
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<em>Grid snapping</em> is easy to explain. It simply means that the mouse
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position is rounded to the nearest grid point. Grid points are points
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whose coordinates are integer multiples of the <em>grid size</em>, which can be
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set in the box in the <em>Snap</em> field. You have a choice from a set of
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possible grid sizes. The units are Postscript points (in LaTeX called
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<code>bp</code>), which are equal to 1/72 of an inch.
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<p>You can ask Ipe to show the grid points by selecting the function
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<em>Grid visible</em> from the <em>View</em> menu. The same function turns
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