2D Grid

2D Grids keep your work in proportion. This squared grid is ideal for building two-dimensional shapes. And, with Drawing Assist on, 2D Grids help keep your strokes aligned.

Customize

Set up and adjust your 2D Grid.

To set up a 2D Grid, head into your canvas and expand your top toolbar with the ellipsis. Tap on Actions → Canvas and toggle on Drawing Guide. Now tap Edit Drawing Guide:

Your Drawing Guide appears as thin lines that overlay your artwork. By default it will open up to the condensed view, so that you can adjust it immediately:

Drag the blue Positional node to move the whole grid over the canvas.

Drag the green Rotational node (top center by default) to rotate the grid lines.

To reset the grid to the default position, tap one of the nodes, then tap Reset.

Drag the grey handle upwards to access more settings for your Drawing Guide.

To return to the canvas without making a change, tap Cancel. To commit your changes, tap the blue tick.

Swipe upwards using the grey handle at the top of the bottom toolbar to access more options.

2D Grid Settings

Once you've expanded the toolbar, you can adjust the look and behavior of your guide.

From here, select the 2D Grid option → the first of the four in the upper tabs. (2D Grid is the default Drawing Guide, so you may not have to perform this step), and consider customizing some of the options detailed below.

Drag the blue Positional node to move the whole grid over the canvas. (not shown in the above image)

Drag the green Rotational node (top center by default) to rotate the grid lines.

To reset the grid to the default position, tap one of the nodes, then tap Reset.

1. Adjust the settings of your 2D Grid to modify how it looks and feels:

2. Color: Adjust the color of the guide lines using the hue bar at the top of the Drawing Guides screen

3. Opacity: Adjust the transparency of the guide lines from invisible to opaque

4. Thickness: Adjust the thickness of the guide lines from invisible to noticeable

5. Grid Size: Adjust the scale of the grid

6. Units: Adjust the unit type you want your grid measurements to be (explained below this image popout)

7. Assisted Drawing: Sets whether the strokes you lay down will adhere to this drawing guide or now.

To return to the canvas without making a change, tap Cancel. To commit your changes, tap the blue tick.

Measurement Units Input

When working with a 2D Grid or Isometric Grid, you have a Grid Size slider and a numerical input. Tapping on the input will allow you to select the grid size based on pixels, centimetres, millimetres or inches.