# GRIDDISPLAY System Variable [GstarCAD 2026](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2026/Index.md) → [System Variables](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2026/System%20Variables/(System%20Variables).md) **Function Description:** The GRIDDISPLAY system variable is used to control the display behavior and display limits for grids. | | | | --- | --- | | Type | Bitcode | | Saved in | Drawing | | Initial value | 2 | | Range | 0 ~ 15 | **System Variable Value:** **0:** limit the grid in the range specified by LIMITS command **1:** do not limit the grid in the rang specified by LIMITS command **2:** turn on the grid adaptive display to limit the density of grid when zoomed out **4:** if specified to be adaptive display, it may regenerate more density grid lines with the same scale as main grid space when zooming in **8:** change the grid plane to follow the XY plane of dynamic UCS **Note:** specifying the GRIDDISPLAY to be 2, or it may ignore 4. --- [Original help](https://www.gstarcad.net/help/GstarCAD_2026_en-US/detail/systemVariables/GRIDDISPLAY.html) · © Gstarsoft Co., Ltd.