Creating grid bubbles

Grid bubble objects are dimensioned grid lines with bubble markers. This type of drawing notation can help locate columns and other primary building features on construction documents.

2. Place a line of grid bubbles by drawing an open polygon with the tool. The first click starts the grid line; the second click determines the angle of the grid line and sets a marker at that location. Each remaining click sets a grid marker.

3. Double-click to end the grid line. The first time you use the tool in a file, a properties dialog box opens. Set the default properties. The properties can be edited from the Object Info palette.

Parameter	Description
Rotation	Specifies the number of degrees to rotate the object (0.00 is horizontal)
Text Style	Select a text style from a library or the current file. To use the style defined for the object’s class, select <Class Text Style>. To format the text using options on the Text menu, select <Un-Styled>. See Using text styles and Formatting text.
Starting Mark	Indicates the starting number or letter for grid labeling; labels are automatically incremented
Prefix	Specifies a prefix, if any, to apply to the grid labels
Dim Text Size	Specifies the point size of the dimension text
Item Text Size	Specifies the point size of the bubble label text
Show Dimensions	Shows the dimensions on the grid
Flip	Flips the bubble labels to the other side of the dimension string
Rotate Text	Rotates the bubble label text with the grid
Draw First Grid	Includes the first bubble grid; deselect to hide it (useful for nested grids)
Bubbles Both Ends	Draws bubble labels at both ends of the grid line
Line Style	Select the grid line style
Size Factor	Scales the size of the bubbles
Bubble Offset	Specifies the offset distance of the bubbles from the dimension string
Grid Length	Indicates the grid length
Vertex parameters	Edits the bubble grid line; while editing the bubble grid line in this way is possible, it may be preferable to use the Reshape tool instead. See Reshaping objects.

Combine several bubble grids and adjust the labeling properties to create hierarchical (nested) grids.