Core features
GridMe is organized into four stages—the same flow you'll follow for most identity work inside the Illustrator panel.
1 · Foundation
Establish geometric structure before you refine the mark—or revisit it when proportions change. GridMe supports seven foundation types: square, isometric, golden ratio, triangular, hexagonal, dot, and baseline.
- Make guides — Turn construction into Illustrator ruler guides where snapping helps most.
- Clip to artboard — Keep construction noise inside the artwork bounds.
- Origin & rotation — Pin the lattice to match your sketch orientation.
Output lands on dedicated layers so you archive or hide grids without touching live paths.
2 · Construction
Reveal vector anatomy once the silhouette is credible: intersections, curvature, and structure you would otherwise draw by hand for brand books.
- Anchors & handles — Path points with asymmetry cues when useful.
- Outlines — Stroke-based outlines layered with anatomy.
- Construction lines — Horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and tangent families with clustering when things get dense.
- Three-point circle fit — Circumcircle-style arcs suited to emblem curvature.
3 · Clearspace
Document exclusion zones with ghost-copy conventions clients expect—not only a dashed box with arbitrary margins.
- Multi-zone setups — Different buffers around marks and wordmarks in one layout.
- Bleed, padding, optics — Tunable offsets where type or icons need subjective breathing room.
- Tokenized units — Spacing multiples you can echo in guideline copy.
4 · Present
Automate deliverables studios slot into keynote decks or print guidelines.
- Color matrix — Four-up palettes that cover light and dark canvases efficiently.
- Minimum size sheet — Reference sizing for reproduction reviews.
- Canvas modes — Preview backgrounds without flattening editable art elsewhere.
Together with Construction and Clearspace, Present hits the checklist most teams run before a guideline ships.