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Dale
February 16, 2021
Question

Export Layout Grid in PDF

  • February 16, 2021
  • 11 replies
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Hi all,

I may be missing something really simple but I’m looking to include layout grids when I export to a PDF. Right not the UI shows but no underlying layout grids, is this an option?

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11 replies

Gleb
Power Member
February 16, 2021

You need to use a plugin that will turn your layout grid into rectangles which will be visible on export. This plugins is Layout Grid Visualizer by @Tom_Lowry:

Figma
Neil_Nichols_II
February 16, 2021

The only problem with that plugin is that it doesn’t work for baseline grids/grids set to auto 🥲

Bryan_Funk
January 18, 2022

That plugin does not work. Can’t believe I spent all that time making these things perfect ofr handoff only to not be able to export them.

Gleb
Power Member
January 18, 2022

Developers can inspect layout grids right in Figma, there is no need to export them.

aharito
November 15, 2022

Sometimes it is necessary to show UI elements to the customer exactly in the layout grid, so the ability to include the grid in the export is very necessary.

Gleb
Power Member
November 15, 2022

That’s why there is a plugin above for these rare scenarios.

aharito
November 16, 2022

Unfortunately, this plugin does not work.

Gleb
Power Member
November 16, 2022

Works fine for me. Try reaching out to the plugin developer and tell them what specifically is not working for you.

DIEGO_MANTILLA
November 2, 2023

Thank you very much for recommending that Gled plugin, it helped me a lot, it worked well for me, I had to adjust the color and percentages a little but it looks perfectly in my PDF.

Mirian_Berrocal
November 14, 2023

The plugin works, unless you choose “Auto” in Count (=