Wondering how to make a bunch of boxes beside each other

[RgMcGe01]

Hello

I'm new here and I'm testing out the trial version of Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 365 to possibly buy.

I am trying to draw a bunch of boxes beside each other, (grid sheet)

I tried drawing a box on one side, and one on the other, then using the blend tool to attach each one ,
but it won't put them side by side and tends to leave some gaps in some and overlaps in others when I adjust the box called steps ...

Is there an easy way to make a grid sheet ? I don't want to use the copy and past method as it takes so long.

[mwenz]

Because there is no grid tool, and when I need basically graph paper, I use this place and open the resulting PDF. Dunno if it will work for what you are doing or not.

https://incompetech.com/graphpaper/

[PhilM]

Here's one way (there are loads of others):
* Make sure "Snap to objects" is turned on (on the standard button bar)
* Make sure "Scale line widths" is turned off (on the selector tool infobar)
* Draw a box
* In the Selector tool, Drag it and when it snaps into position alongside the outline of the original, click the right mouse button to drop a copy

You can either drop all the copies you need one by one, snapped next to each other, or:
* Drop, say, just 3 copies to start with
* Select the first box and the 3 copies (4 in all)
* Drag those until they snap into position alongside the original 4 and right-click to drop copies of all 4
* Then select all 8 and repeat, etc.

This very quickly creates lots of boxes with few clicks.

If you are creating a 2 dimensional grid, then select a whole row, drag that to snap into place below the original position and right-click to drop a copy, etc, etc...

Phil

[RgMcGe01]

Wonderful !! Thanks to you both for sending ideas . The suggestion with the snap to objects works perfect ! Thanks so much

[gwpriester]

Welcome to TalkGraphics.

[RgMcGe01]

Welcome to TalkGraphics.

Thank You !

[gwpriester]

The way I would do this is to create a square, let's say 25 x 25 pixels. Then I set the X Duplication Distance (Page Options > General) to 25px and the Y to 0px and make enough duplicates for a row.

Then I change the Y Duplication Distance to -25px and the X Duplication to 0px, select the row of boxes and make enough duplicates for the columns.

[Acorn]

Create your fist box to exact pixel dimensions.
Ensure it has a 0pt line width.
Set its (X, Y) co-ordinates to an exact pixel position.
Using Snap to Objects, right-click, drag and snap to the next horizontal adjacent position and left-click to drop a clone, keeping the right mouse button down all the time. Repeat to build a line.
Select a line of boxes and repeat the above down the page.

Acorn