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Updated Scale and distance (markdown)

Ángel Montero Lamas 2024-09-02 11:46:28 +02:00
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Scale-and-distance.md

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### Scale on the grids
All grids have the same distance between cell centers. By default this scale is 1.
All grids have the same distance between cell centers. By default this scale is 1. You can change both "grid scale" and units editor → "distance scale" (how many units is one pixel) to fit your needs.
![Hex grid flat](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1877f0bb-829b-49ff-9caa-66e41d450329 "Hex grid (flat)")
![Hex grid pointy](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/39b63f0b-e809-4589-aecc-72e17b04566c "Hex grid (pointy)")
![Square grid](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f22b0835-5ced-4685-9091-8274365a7e4a "Square grid")
![Square 45 degrees](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/65c99617-a85b-43a3-9909-8d9ab96e4389 "Square rotated 45 degrees")
The distance of the ruler is the same on all images.
In a square grid rotated 45 degrees, the cells are in diagonal.
![Square grid truncated](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1e4ccc9b-d78f-4e4c-ad0f-18c02c73b2ca "Truncated square grid")
In this truncated square grid, the distance between two squares and two octagons is the same.
![Square tetrakis](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/47033791-91e5-4bf7-b947-f277def3712d "Tetrakis square grid")
In this tetrakis square grid, each square is divided by four smaller squares and eight triangles.
![Triangular horizontal](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5f259831-f034-46ca-ad59-bb6d9eb48434 "Triangle grid (horizontal)")
![triangular vertical](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5cfb88ca-713c-45ee-b00e-4cb5ed0684e4 "Triangle grid (vertical)")
![Trihehagonal grid](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ea12005a-8151-4f01-ad06-78ca76746698 "trihexagonal grid")
![Rhombille grid](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/aee10502-6b49-419f-be8f-2bdc1fce00fd "Rhombille grid")
The distance of the ruler is the same on all images. To know more about these tilings, you can read the [wikipedia page on euclidean uniform tilings.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Euclidean_uniform_tilings).