Isometric 30° · 5 mm
The textbook isometric grid - three axes at 120°, 5 mm cell pitch.
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Choose the grid that matches the drawing
Each projection family has its own discipline lineage and its own ideal subjects. Skim the descriptions, then pick the grid that fits what you're trying to draw - not the one that just happens to be at the top of the pad.
Isometric View family →
Isometric grids project all three principal axes at 30° from horizontal, equally spaced 120° apart. Equal foreshortening on every face is what makes isometric measurable - a 5 mm cell on the page represents 5 mm on every face of the modelled solid.
Isometric 30° · 10 mm
The bold 10 mm centimetre-pitch isometric - open, presentation-ready.
Isometric 30° · 20 mm
Generous 20 mm isometric - for whole-building axonometric drawings.
Isometric Fine · 3 mm
Dense isometric for jewellery, electronics and millimetre assemblies.
Equilateral Triangular · 5 mm
Equilateral triangular lattice - for tessellation and structural studies.
Axonometric View family →
Axonometric is the umbrella term for parallel pictorial projections that aren't strictly isometric. Dimetric, trimetric, and oblique projections like cabinet, cavalier and planometric live under this banner - the angle you choose decides which face the eye reads first.
Dimetric 30°/60°
Dimetric grid with two equal axes at 30° and a third at 60°.
Cabinet Oblique · 45°
Cabinet projection - frontal plane true-shape, depth at 45°.
Cavalier Oblique · 45°
Cavalier oblique - front face true, depth at 45° and full scale.
Trimetric 30°/30°
Trimetric grid with three independent foreshortening ratios.
Planometric 30°/90°
Planometric - true plan rotated 30°, verticals stay vertical.
Perspective View family →
Perspective grids replace measurable parallel projection with vanishing points, producing the most photographically convincing pictorial of all the families. They sacrifice direct measurability for naturalness and dramatic effect.
1-Point Perspective
Single vanishing point on a centred horizon - the corridor view.
2-Point Perspective
Two vanishing points on a wide horizon - the building-corner view.
3-Point Perspective
Two horizon vanishing points plus one above or below - towers and atria.
Fisheye Perspective
Curvilinear five-point grid - full-room interior wide-angle.
Cross-Section View family →
Cross-section grids are the millimetre and centimetre lattices most engineers and scientists were raised on. The classic three-weight ruling - faint cells, medium subdivisions, bold reference lines - gives the eye a measuring framework without competing with the drawing on top.
Cross-Section · 1 mm
Fine 1 mm engineering grid with bold 5 mm and 10 mm reference lines.
Cross-Section · 2 mm
Mid-fine 2 mm cross-section grid with 10 mm bold lines.
Cross-Section · 5 mm
Open 5 mm grid with 25 mm bold reference lines.
Cross-Section · 10 mm
Bold 10 mm centimetre grid for diagrams that read across a room.
Engineering Quad · 1/10"
Decimal-inch quad with 1/10" cells and bold 1" reference lines.
Scale Grid View family →
Pre-scaled architectural and engineering grids let you draw in real-world units directly on the page. Pick the ratio that matches the drawing - 1:50 for residential plans, 1:100 for whole buildings, 1:200 for site layouts, 1:500 for master plans.
Architect Scale · 1:20
1:20 detail grid - every 25 mm cell equals 500 mm on site.
Architect Scale · 1:50
1:50 plan grid - every 20 mm cell equals 1 metre.
Architect Scale · 1:100
1:100 plan grid - every 10 mm cell equals 1 metre.
Architect Scale · 1:200
1:200 site grid - every 5 mm cell equals 1 metre.
Architect Scale · 1:500
1:500 master plan grid - every 10 mm cell equals 5 metres.
Urban Scale · 1:1000
1:1000 urban grid - every 10 mm cell equals 10 metres.
Floor Plan View family →
Floor-plan grids are pre-calibrated to the imperial conventions used in North American residential architecture, with 1/4" = 1'-0" the dominant ratio for permit drawings.
Floor Plan · 1/4" = 1'-0"
Imperial 1/4" square grid - the legacy North American floor-plan workhorse.
Floor Plan · 1/8" = 1'-0"
Imperial 1/8" grid - North American whole-house and small-commercial scale.
Floor Plan · 1/2" = 1'-0"
Imperial 1/2" grid - kitchen, bath, and millwork detail scale.
Dot Grid View family →
Dot grids give the eye a measuring framework without ever competing with the marks made on top of them. Bullet-journal practitioners and product designers use them for the same reason: structure when needed, invisibility when not.
Dot Grid · 5 mm
Subtle 5 mm dot lattice - bullet-journal and analytic-sketch staple.
Dot Grid · 3 mm
Dense 3 mm dot lattice for fine sketching.
Dot Grid · 1/4"
Imperial 1/4" dot lattice for North American notebooks.
Logarithmic View family →
Semi-log and log-log papers turn exponential and power-law relationships into straight lines, which made them indispensable to electrical engineers, biologists and economists for most of the 20th century.
Semi-Log · 1 Decade
One-decade log on Y, linear on X - for exponentials and decay curves.
Log-Log · 1×1 Decade
Logarithmic on both axes - for power-law and scaling-law plots.
Semi-Log · 3 Decade
Three-decade semi-log - three orders of magnitude on Y.
Polar View family →
Polar coordinate paper plots quantities that depend on angle: antenna patterns, wind roses, sun-path diagrams, and the elegant rose-petal mathematical curves.
Polar · 5° Sectors
Concentric circles with 5° radial spokes - for polar plots and antenna patterns.
Polar · 10° Sectors
Concentric circles with 10° radial spokes - for compass and survey work.
Hexagonal View family →
Hexagonal grids tessellate the plane with no shared adjacent-cell edges - ideal for tabletop strategy maps, organic-chemistry skeletal sketches, and tile-pattern design.
Hexagonal · 5 mm Flat-Top
Flat-top regular hexagons at 5 mm pitch.
Hexagonal · 10 mm Flat-Top
Bold 10 mm flat-top hexagons for game-board and pattern work.
Knitting & Textile View family →
Knitting and textile chart grids encode stitch sequences for stranded colourwork, intarsia, lace and cross-stitch. Stitch-proportional grids show fabric as it will actually knit; square grids work as colour maps.
Knitting Chart · Square
Square chart grid for stranded colourwork and intarsia.
Knitting Chart · Stitch (4:5)
Knit-stitch-proportioned chart (4 wide × 5 tall) for true-to-fabric drafting.
Cross-Stitch · 14-count
14-count cross-stitch chart with bold 10-square reference lines.
Storyboard View family →
Storyboard grids bring sequential, frame-by-frame thinking into the architect's toolkit - invaluable for spatial walk-throughs, way-finding strategy presentations and brand-experience studies.
Storyboard · 16:9 Frames
Sequential 16:9 broadcast-ratio frames with annotation gutters.
Storyboard · 2.39:1 Cinemascope
Anamorphic widescreen frames for cinematic walk-throughs.
Storyboard · 4:3 Frames
Classic 4:3 frames for animatic and educational-video storyboards.
Calligraphy View family →
Calligraphy guide sheets divide the page into baseline, x-height, ascender and cap-height bands - a slip-under-translucent-paper tool for italic, foundational and Roman letter practice.
Calligraphy · Italic
Slanted baseline-and-cap-height ruling for italic hand.
Calligraphy · Roman Capitals
Square baseline ruling for Roman capital letterforms.
Music & Notation View family →
Music staves and tablature grids give hand-written notation a measured framework. Five-line staves for standard notation, six-line staves for guitar tab.
Music · Staff
Five-line music staff with consistent inter-staff spacing.
Music · Guitar Tab (6-string)
Six-line guitar tablature staff with chord-diagram space.