A guess. The x and y parameters are in "map units" or the project's projection.
So if you have a large scale, in a projected CRS, then QGIS will try and draw a grid line in every three feet/meters. Very time consuming. -ramon. On 03/08/2012, at 11:08, Chandra Shekhar Balachandran <[email protected]> wrote: > Following Tim Sutton's email, I am adding a little more descriptin of what > has been happening. Separately i will share the actual shape files. Attaching > both into one message went over the size limit. > > I was not sure if attachments would be ok or not. Upon Tim Sutton's > suggestion, I am attaching the actual data files and clarifying my situation > further, below. > > In the mac, in the composer where I start setting grid parameters, > i select to display grid, > then the grid type (i select crosses) -- actually i am trying to get only > tics on the edges with nothing on the map (crosses or full lines), but of the > options available, crosses are my choice > then i come to "Interval X" and enter a value, say 2 or 3 > next, I come to "Interval Y" and enter the same value > and then the system hangs; often i can't even enter the Y value because the > system hangs as soon as i put the cursor in the field. > i tried doing things in different order after selecting 'grid' -- thinking it > may be some kind of quirk in my installation that i can work around. > invariably, the 2nd or 3rd step after selecting 'grid' causes the machine to > hang. > In the PC, i had already tried right-clicking on the blank space to get back > the item properties box, but it hadn't worked. Hence my question in the > posting. > > Thanks. > CSB > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
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