How do I keep the same grid on every layer?

[Scot]

I am using Affinity to sketch out a 3-D box with pipe running around it. Initially I have set my "Grid & Axis" manager to the "1cm square w/ 1mm Divisions" which produces the grid shown in attached image 1. 

 

When I go to a new layer the grid changes which I originally thought was just a visual change, but it appears that the settings actually change too (see attached image 2)

I tend to use a lot of layers for drawings like this because it makes it easier to organize different groups of lines and shapes but I really don't want to have to go into these settings for every layer.  Is it possible to have the base settings apply to all or to create a new layer with these grid settings in place?

[Old Bruce]

I am not seeing this on Designer on Mac OS 10.12.6

My grid settings are for the document, each layer and each Artboard is showing the same grid.

[R C-R]

I am not seeing this in Designer on Mac OS 10.14.6 either.

[GarryP]

I assume, because of the cube grid options and the window buttons, that you are using Designer on OS X. (We can help better when we know for sure.)
In general (though there are some exceptions in the Affinity applications) Layers, in and of themselves, cannot have grids applied to them but you can apply different grids to different Artboards in Designer.
If you create a new Artboard then, as far as I know, it will have the default grid.
You can set the grid for each Artboard to be different to the others.
If you want a new artboard to have the same grid as an existing one, without having to do the set-up again, then you can duplicate the existing artboard and remove all of the layers from the duplicate.

[Pšenda]

10 hours ago, Scot said:

I tend to use a lot of layers for drawings

You mean "Layer" or "Artboards", which also appear in the Layers panel? Every Artboards can have a specific grid settings.

Edit: individual artboards can be placed in the same position (eg after copying).

[Pšenda]

10 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

each Artboard is showing the same grid.

In Windows ADesigner is possible to set a specific grid for each artboard.

[Scot]

Thanks everyone for your responses. I realized that I had a misunderstanding of the relationship between a layer and an artboard because I am coming from InDesign. Reading through your input help me see what was wrong.

[shaLtai]

Don't want to create duplicate post.

How could I set same grid settings for all artboards in my document? I try to select all artboards but changes affect only one. I know I can duplicate artboard. But what to do if I work with existing document with 20-40 artboards?

And may be someone know how to rearrange artboards?

Thank you in advance!

[Dan C]

Hi @shaLtai,

Welcome to the forums

Apologies for the delayed response here, as we have been closed over the holidays.

On 12/24/2020 at 9:51 AM, shaLtai said:

How could I set same grid settings for all artboards in my document? I try to select all artboards but changes affect only one. I know I can duplicate artboard. But what to do if I work with existing document with 20-40 artboards?

Unfortunately you will have to manually select each Artboard and apply the required grid to it, currently there's no way of applying a bulk grid update to multiple Artboards AFAIK, my apologies.

On 12/24/2020 at 9:51 AM, shaLtai said:

And may be someone know how to rearrange artboards?

You can click and drag on the name of the Artboard on the Pasteboard to rearrange them to anywhere you'd like -