Grids

Every board in Scissor carries its own grid, so different parts of a document can use different guides. Turn one on with View › Grid › Show Grid (⌘').

The six kinds of grid

Under View › Grid you pick the kind: Orthogonal is a plain square grid; Isometric draws three axes at 30° for boxes and rooms; Hexagonal and Oblique suit tiles and side-on views; Golden Ratio divides by 1.618; and Perspective converges to vanishing points. The Grid Panel sets the spacing, subdivisions and angle, and Snap to Grid (⇧⌘') makes what you draw land on it.

The isometric grid

The isometric grid draws its three axes at 30°, so every wall of a box follows one of them and shapes stack without measuring. While the grid is showing, the shape tools draw along its axes.

A small isometric city of coloured buildings with windows and trees, drawn on Scissor's isometric grid. — A small isometric town drawn on the grid. Every wall follows one of the grid's three axes, so the buildings stack and sit true without any guesswork.

An isometric town being built up one coloured building at a time on Scissor's isometric grid. — The same town, built up piece by piece. Each block snaps to the grid's axes as it goes down.

The perspective grid

The perspective grid runs its guides to one, two or three vanishing points on a horizon. Set it up with the Perspective Grid Tool (⇧P): drag the vanishing points, drag one up or down to move the horizon, and press 1 to 4 to pick the plane you draw on. Shapes drawn on the grid share one perspective.

Three coloured boxes drawn in two-point perspective on Scissor's perspective grid, their edges converging to a vanishing point on each side of the horizon. — Boxes drawn on a two-point perspective grid. Their edges run to a vanishing point on either side of the horizon, so they share one perspective.