# How to change grid

**URL:** <https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/how-to-change-grid/4344>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [February 10, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/how-to-change-grid/4344 "2020-02-10T10:46:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![cmppc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.mapeditor.org/cmppc/32/2644_2.png) [@cmppc](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/cmppc)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/how-to-change-grid/4344/1 "2020-02-10T10:46:29Z")

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it is possible to change square grid into hexagonal grid?  
i chose hexagonal tile and he keep giving square grid

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**Author:** ![bjorn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.mapeditor.org/bjorn/32/1599_2.png) [@bjorn](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/bjorn)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/how-to-change-grid/4344/2 "2020-02-10T21:37:13Z")

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Yeah, please set a non-zero value for the “Hex Side Length” map property. It needs to be the length in pixels of the vertical or horizontal side of the tile (depending on which axis staggers).

I’ll look into setting a better default for this for hexagonal maps tomorrow…

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**Author:** ![bjorn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.mapeditor.org/bjorn/32/1599_2.png) [@bjorn](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/bjorn)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/how-to-change-grid/4344/3 "2020-03-03T16:31:54Z")

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> [@bjorn](#):
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> I’ll look into setting a better default for this for hexagonal maps tomorrow…

Well, tomorrow turned out to be still some time off, but I’ve finally improved the default value for this property today, to be included with Tiled 1.3.3:

> <https://github.com/mapeditor/tiled/commit/e48da9984acff8eb0b544623c4fb9040dc109db6>
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> When creating a new hexagonal map, the Hex Side Length property is now
> initializ…ed to half the tile height. This should generally be a good
> default for pointy-top hexagons.