What is the size of the default grid floor?

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I'm a total Blender beginner. I'm struggling with something regarding the default platform/floor that comes up when you first open blender.



Does anyone know the size of that default floor/grid/area that sits there before you, once you've just opened up the Blender programme? I.e. is it one mile long by one mile wide? Or one metre long by one metre wide? Etc?



The reason why I ask is because I used the shapes tool to draw a cube on the screen, whose size (actual "measurements", not merely "scaling") I made 10 MILLIMETRES long by 10 Millimetres wide by 10MM depth, but then it just seemed to disappear from the screen! When I re-sized its measurements to 10 METRES H. by 10 Metres W. by 10M D., then it did show up clearly, sitting on the floor/platform/area's base (not floating in the air, of course). Why would a large cube stay sitting in front of me on the screen, when a tiny cube vanishes into thin air? So, of course, I can't even see it or click on it to move it around any more.






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    I'm a total Blender beginner. I'm struggling with something regarding the default platform/floor that comes up when you first open blender.



    Does anyone know the size of that default floor/grid/area that sits there before you, once you've just opened up the Blender programme? I.e. is it one mile long by one mile wide? Or one metre long by one metre wide? Etc?



    The reason why I ask is because I used the shapes tool to draw a cube on the screen, whose size (actual "measurements", not merely "scaling") I made 10 MILLIMETRES long by 10 Millimetres wide by 10MM depth, but then it just seemed to disappear from the screen! When I re-sized its measurements to 10 METRES H. by 10 Metres W. by 10M D., then it did show up clearly, sitting on the floor/platform/area's base (not floating in the air, of course). Why would a large cube stay sitting in front of me on the screen, when a tiny cube vanishes into thin air? So, of course, I can't even see it or click on it to move it around any more.






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      I'm a total Blender beginner. I'm struggling with something regarding the default platform/floor that comes up when you first open blender.



      Does anyone know the size of that default floor/grid/area that sits there before you, once you've just opened up the Blender programme? I.e. is it one mile long by one mile wide? Or one metre long by one metre wide? Etc?



      The reason why I ask is because I used the shapes tool to draw a cube on the screen, whose size (actual "measurements", not merely "scaling") I made 10 MILLIMETRES long by 10 Millimetres wide by 10MM depth, but then it just seemed to disappear from the screen! When I re-sized its measurements to 10 METRES H. by 10 Metres W. by 10M D., then it did show up clearly, sitting on the floor/platform/area's base (not floating in the air, of course). Why would a large cube stay sitting in front of me on the screen, when a tiny cube vanishes into thin air? So, of course, I can't even see it or click on it to move it around any more.






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      I'm a total Blender beginner. I'm struggling with something regarding the default platform/floor that comes up when you first open blender.



      Does anyone know the size of that default floor/grid/area that sits there before you, once you've just opened up the Blender programme? I.e. is it one mile long by one mile wide? Or one metre long by one metre wide? Etc?



      The reason why I ask is because I used the shapes tool to draw a cube on the screen, whose size (actual "measurements", not merely "scaling") I made 10 MILLIMETRES long by 10 Millimetres wide by 10MM depth, but then it just seemed to disappear from the screen! When I re-sized its measurements to 10 METRES H. by 10 Metres W. by 10M D., then it did show up clearly, sitting on the floor/platform/area's base (not floating in the air, of course). Why would a large cube stay sitting in front of me on the screen, when a tiny cube vanishes into thin air? So, of course, I can't even see it or click on it to move it around any more.






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          Blender 2.79 or earlier



          The X-Y grid that is visible in the viewport at all angles is 16x16 "units" large.



          enter image description here



          It is infinite if you are in any of the ortographic views: Top Numpad 7, Right Numpad 3 or Front Numpad 1.



          What is a unit?



          By default the "units" are dimensionless. But you can make them be meters or inches by selecting "Metric" or "Imperial" from the "Length" menu under the Scene panel



          enter image description here



          Blender 2.8 Alpha



          In Blender 2.8 Alpha the base grid is infinite. The units are Meters by default.






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            Blender 2.79 or earlier



            The X-Y grid that is visible in the viewport at all angles is 16x16 "units" large.



            enter image description here



            It is infinite if you are in any of the ortographic views: Top Numpad 7, Right Numpad 3 or Front Numpad 1.



            What is a unit?



            By default the "units" are dimensionless. But you can make them be meters or inches by selecting "Metric" or "Imperial" from the "Length" menu under the Scene panel



            enter image description here



            Blender 2.8 Alpha



            In Blender 2.8 Alpha the base grid is infinite. The units are Meters by default.






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              Blender 2.79 or earlier



              The X-Y grid that is visible in the viewport at all angles is 16x16 "units" large.



              enter image description here



              It is infinite if you are in any of the ortographic views: Top Numpad 7, Right Numpad 3 or Front Numpad 1.



              What is a unit?



              By default the "units" are dimensionless. But you can make them be meters or inches by selecting "Metric" or "Imperial" from the "Length" menu under the Scene panel



              enter image description here



              Blender 2.8 Alpha



              In Blender 2.8 Alpha the base grid is infinite. The units are Meters by default.






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                Blender 2.79 or earlier



                The X-Y grid that is visible in the viewport at all angles is 16x16 "units" large.



                enter image description here



                It is infinite if you are in any of the ortographic views: Top Numpad 7, Right Numpad 3 or Front Numpad 1.



                What is a unit?



                By default the "units" are dimensionless. But you can make them be meters or inches by selecting "Metric" or "Imperial" from the "Length" menu under the Scene panel



                enter image description here



                Blender 2.8 Alpha



                In Blender 2.8 Alpha the base grid is infinite. The units are Meters by default.






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                Blender 2.79 or earlier



                The X-Y grid that is visible in the viewport at all angles is 16x16 "units" large.



                enter image description here



                It is infinite if you are in any of the ortographic views: Top Numpad 7, Right Numpad 3 or Front Numpad 1.



                What is a unit?



                By default the "units" are dimensionless. But you can make them be meters or inches by selecting "Metric" or "Imperial" from the "Length" menu under the Scene panel



                enter image description here



                Blender 2.8 Alpha



                In Blender 2.8 Alpha the base grid is infinite. The units are Meters by default.







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