Welcome to GridMaker

How do I? Written answers to questions.

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GET STARTED

1  PICK A  PAPER

Three papers — Grid, Dots, Diagonal — are included

In-App purchases add more papers at the same price as the app. Purchase the bundle and get all papers and future papers at the cost of five additional papers. (Already made some In-App purchases? Those purchases will be credited so the bundle price is an adjusted!)

​Default Paper Settings Menu makes it easy to start a new paper with the settings that work for you — Set to inches or metric AND chose a default paper size.

Global settings for all new papers, can override on a paper.

Tap '+' to start a new paper from scratch
Tap Quick Picks to start from a pre-made paper

​Quick Picks are pre-defined papers to help you get started. Use a paper's layout as-is or edit and make it your own! Edited papers are saved as a new paper, leaving the QuickPick unchanged and ready to use again!

Quick Picks

2  DESIGN YOUR LAYOUT
First, build the grid using the tools on the toolbar...

First, build the grid...

Tap anywhere and the menu for the highlighted tool on the toolbar will slide out.

Use Columns & Rows switch to quickly set grid size.

For more precise entry of a number than the +/-, tap number box for keyboard.

Pick from two axes styles, adjust to place anywhere on the grid.

Set origin to 0 or other value, pick a corner for placement & adjust stepping.

Centerpoint helps with orientation when there are no axes.

3  ADD FINISHING TOUCHES & PAINT

Palette tool manages color of grid lines. Use '+' to create custom palettes for line colors.

Tiling in Page Settings tool puts multiple small grids on a page to save paper when working on problem sets or to compare data.

'•••' Tool has Paper Settings option to change paper settings from the defaults.

Any image can be placed behind any style of grid.

Picture tool adds image from device.

Adjust grid color to one that is easier to see over the image.

Use Pinch-n-Zoom and Drag to place the image under the grid 'just right' — fine tune placement using the tools.

4  PAINT, PRINT or SHARE
Tap the Paint Brush icon to color the layout, Print to paper, or SHARE!

Use Paint to add color and patterns to the grid right on your device.

'•••' Tool has options to share and print.

The File holds every paper you've created.

List files by name or date. View projects in a list or as tiles.

Don't see the paper you need?  
Send us a note and we'll see what we can do!