hello all, for faster assembly of parts I would like to use the grid snap option while moving parts with the gumball. Unfortunately the x and y grid of my parts are not the same. (meaning: I don’t want to move cubes but cuboids around) Is it possible to set different values? (So far I only found …

[image] George2: Is it possible to set different values? Hi - no, that is not possible. [image] George2: thanks for any hints. The only thing that I can think of is to create as many viewports with unique grid settings as you need and only move in one direction based on in which viewp…

Or, create a grid of actual lines in the 3 axes with the spacings desired, put them on a locked layer and use Int osnap (SnapToLocked=Yes). Could slow things down if you have a lot of lines though.

This would be super useful for many architectural applications, working with different x, y z grids. Could this be a feature request? I could imagine not super difficult to implement.. Thank you!

Hi fdfd - [image] fdfd: […] working with different x, y z grids. You can create named views that each have their own grid settings and save those in your custom start-up template. For now, this doesn’t appear to be possible on macOS, though → RH-91357 Grid: Active Viewport is Always Perspec…

Seperate Grid (Snap) values for XYZ

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brian (Brian Gillespie) January 21, 2026, 7:06pm 6

RH-91357 is fixed in Rhino WIP

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Seperate Grid (Snap) values for XYZ

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