Set Clearing Grids options

You can customize the appearance of the output by setting the Clearing Grids options.

The Clearing Grids options only apply to the current project. Save the project to maintain these settings when you reopen the project.

Access the Clearing Grids options

To access the options from the Clearing Grids ribbon tab, complete the following steps:

1. Complete the steps to add and open the Clearing Grids tools.
2. On the Clearing Grids ribbon tab, in the Draw Grids group, click the Clearing Grids Options dialog box launcher .

   The Clearing Grids Options dialog box appears.

Set feature options

You can set options for entity features created using the Clearing Grids tools.

Set number entity options

To set the number entity options, complete the following steps:.

1. Under Features, click Number.
2. Check the Use Custom Format check box.
3. In the Format text box, type the designation format.

   The format specifies how designations are assigned. Typing one or more pound signs (#) denotes the incremented sequential number. Examples are shown in the following table:

   Typed format	Resulting text written to the field
   ABC-#	ABC-1
   ABC-###	ABC-001
   100-###	100-001

4. Click OK, or continue to set more Clearing Grids options.

Set auto numbering behavior

To set the behavior for auto numbering functionality, complete the following steps:

1. Under Features, click Auto Number.
2. From the Spatial Sort drop-down list, select the sorting method.
3. Click OK, or continue to set more Clearing Grids options.

Set letter entity options

To set letter entity options, complete the following steps:

1. Under Features, click Letter.
2. In the Omit Letters input box, provide a comma-separated list of letters to omit when assigning entity designations.
3. Click OK, or continue to set more Clearing Grids options.

Set grid options

You can set options for grid features created using the Clearing Grids tools.

Set reference grid options

To set reference grid options, complete the following steps:

1. Under Grids, click Reference Grid.
2. In the Show Labels On section, use the check boxes to select where to place labels.
3. From the Label Font drop-down list, select a font.
4. From the Label Color drop-down list, select a color.
5. In the Label Size input box, provide a value, or use the buttons to increment or decrement the value.
6. In the Start Alpha input box, provide a starting value for the columns.
7. in the Start Number input box, provide a starting value for the rows.
8. In the Omit Letters input box, provide a comma-separated list of letters to omit.
9. Click OK, or continue to set more Clearing Grids options.

Set MGRS grid options

To set MGRS grid options, complete the following steps:

1. Under Grids, click MGRS Grid.
2. In the Show Labels On section, use the check boxes to specify where to place labels.
3. From the Label Font drop-down list, select a font.
4. From the Label Color drop-down list, select a color.
5. In the Label Size input box, provide a value, or use the buttons to increment or decrement the value.
6. Click OK, or continue to set more Clearing Grids options.

Set grid line options

To set options for the appearance of grid lines, complete the following steps:

1. Under Grids, click Grid Line.
2. Click the Grid Line Symbol button, and on the Select Symbol dialog box, select a line symbol, and click OK.
3. From the Grid Line Color drop-down list, select a color.
4. In the Grid Line Width input box, provide a value, or use the buttons to increment or decrement the value.
5. Click OK, or continue to set more Clearing Grids options.

Set data options

You can import or export Clearing Grids options settings.

To work with Clearing Grids options data, complete the following steps:

1. Under Data, click Import/Export.
2. Click Import to import a Clearing Grids options configuration file.
3. Click Export to export a Clearing Grids options configuration file.
4. Optionally, reset the Clearing Grids options settings by doing the following:
   1. Under Data, click Reset.
   2. Click Reset .
5. Click OK.