General use of grid.generator

An easy way to create a grid based on a template

Catmods' -> Grid Generator

• No options to set up.

How do you use grid.generator?

• To use it you need to add catnip from sidebar Create grid with template.

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• If you prefer to pure code

// Define parameters for the grid
let template = 'template1';
let startX = 100;
let startY = 50;
let rows = 5;
let columns = 5;
let batchID = 1;
let padding = 1;
// Create the grid
let gridArray = createGrid(template, startX, startY, rows, columns, batchID);

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let gridArray = createGridWithPadding(template, startX, startY, rows, columns, padding, batchID);

// Output the result
console.log(gridArray);

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Available methods

createGrid(template, startX, startY, rows, columns, batchID); Cretes a grid of the template with the given parameters. Returns an array of templates.

Available properties

In the new added templates you can get 2 new properties gridID and gridBatchID.

• property of template: gridID: number; Unique identifier for the template instance within the grid.
• property of template: gridBatchID:number; Identifier for the batch this instance belongs to.

For emaple in a loop of templates like

for(var temp of arrayOfTemplates){
  console.log('This is my ID: ' + temp.gridID + 'I am a remplate of the grid: temp.gridBatchID' );
}

You can access this values like this.gridID or this.gridBatchID.

A mini tutorial is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv5JZKsFgiY and thats it...

Enjoy making grids.

By Ulises Freitas.