Why Mike likes the 8x6 rule Slide 17 of 23 Why Mike likes the 8x6 rule Geometrically, it works out cleaner. A 2-inch line can be drawn exactly to scale by drawing a diagonal that goes 8 squares horizontally, and 6 squares vertically.
Lines are easy to split into halves, thirds, or quarters.
However, I don t care which rule you use as long as you apply it properly.