diff --git a/src/app/cartography/components/d3-map/d3-map.component.html b/src/app/cartography/components/d3-map/d3-map.component.html
index ffa2be61..dd7a3108 100644
--- a/src/app/cartography/components/d3-map/d3-map.component.html
+++ b/src/app/cartography/components/d3-map/d3-map.component.html
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 <svg #svg class="map" preserveAspectRatio="none" movingCanvas zoomingCanvas>
   <filter id="grayscale"><feColorMatrix id="feGrayscale" type="saturate" values="0" /></filter>
+  <defs>
+    <pattern id="gridDrawing" attr.width="{{project.drawing_grid_size}}" attr.height="{{project.drawing_grid_size}}" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
+      <path attr.d="M {{project.drawing_grid_size}} 0 L 0 0 0 {{project.drawing_grid_size}}" fill="none" stroke="silver" attr.stroke-width="{{gridVisibility}}"/>
+    </pattern>
+  </defs>
+
+  <defs>
+    <pattern id="gridNode" attr.width="{{project.grid_size}}" attr.height="{{project.grid_size}}" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
+      <path attr.d="M {{project.grid_size}} 0 L 0 0 0 {{project.grid_size}}" fill="none" stroke="DarkSlateGray" attr.stroke-width="{{gridVisibility}}"/>
+    </pattern>
+  </defs>
+
+  <rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="url(#gridDrawing)" />
+  <rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="url(#gridNode)" />
 </svg>
 
 <app-drawing-adding [svg]="svg"></app-drawing-adding>
diff --git a/src/app/cartography/components/d3-map/d3-map.component.ts b/src/app/cartography/components/d3-map/d3-map.component.ts
index 07c2673e..98034021 100644
--- a/src/app/cartography/components/d3-map/d3-map.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/cartography/components/d3-map/d3-map.component.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { Server } from '../../../models/server';
 import { ToolsService } from '../../../services/tools.service';
 import { TextEditorComponent } from '../text-editor/text-editor.component';
 import { MapScaleService } from '../../../services/mapScale.service';
+import { Project } from '../../../models/project';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-d3-map',
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export class D3MapComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
   @Input() links: Link[] = [];
   @Input() drawings: Drawing[] = [];
   @Input() symbols: Symbol[] = [];
+  @Input() project: Project;
   @Input() server: Server;
 
   @Input() width = 1500;
@@ -53,15 +55,13 @@ export class D3MapComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
 
   private parentNativeElement: any;
   private svg: Selection<SVGSVGElement, any, null, undefined>;
-
   private onChangesDetected: Subscription;
   private subscriptions: Subscription[] = [];
-
   private drawLinkTool: boolean;
-
   protected settings = {
     show_interface_labels: true
   };
+  public gridVisibility: number = 0;
 
   constructor(
     private graphDataManager: GraphDataManager,
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ export class D3MapComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
         this.drawLinkTool = value;
       })
     );
+
+    this.gridVisibility = localStorage.getItem('gridVisibility') === 'true' ? 1 : 0;
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
diff --git a/src/app/cartography/converters/map/map-node-to-node-converter.ts b/src/app/cartography/converters/map/map-node-to-node-converter.ts
index 6c5fbac1..206fdc07 100644
--- a/src/app/cartography/converters/map/map-node-to-node-converter.ts
+++ b/src/app/cartography/converters/map/map-node-to-node-converter.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export class MapNodeToNodeConverter implements Converter<MapNode, Node> {
     node.status = mapNode.status;
     node.symbol = mapNode.symbol;
     node.symbol_url = mapNode.symbolUrl;
+    node.usage = mapNode.usage;
     node.width = mapNode.width;
     node.x = mapNode.x;
     node.y = mapNode.y;
diff --git a/src/app/cartography/converters/map/node-to-map-node-converter.ts b/src/app/cartography/converters/map/node-to-map-node-converter.ts
index b3e64b1d..b25c4111 100644
--- a/src/app/cartography/converters/map/node-to-map-node-converter.ts
+++ b/src/app/cartography/converters/map/node-to-map-node-converter.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export class NodeToMapNodeConverter implements Converter<Node, MapNode> {
     mapNode.status = node.status;
     mapNode.symbol = node.symbol;
     mapNode.symbolUrl = node.symbol_url;
+    mapNode.usage = node.usage;
     mapNode.width = node.width;
     mapNode.x = node.x;
     mapNode.y = node.y;
diff --git a/src/app/cartography/models/map/map-node.ts b/src/app/cartography/models/map/map-node.ts
index fda84783..9f3e9749 100644
--- a/src/app/cartography/models/map/map-node.ts
+++ b/src/app/cartography/models/map/map-node.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export class MapNode implements Indexed {
   status: string;
   symbol: string;
   symbolUrl: string;
+  usage?: string;
   width: number;
   x: number;
   y: number;
diff --git a/src/app/cartography/models/node.ts b/src/app/cartography/models/node.ts
index c5960ae2..f9f41428 100644
--- a/src/app/cartography/models/node.ts
+++ b/src/app/cartography/models/node.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ export class Node {
   status: string;
   symbol: string;
   symbol_url: string; // @TODO: full URL to symbol, move to MapNode once converters are moved to app module
+  usage?: string;
   width: number;
   x: number;
   y: number;
diff --git a/src/app/components/drawings-listeners/drawing-dragged/drawing-dragged.component.ts b/src/app/components/drawings-listeners/drawing-dragged/drawing-dragged.component.ts
index 14dccf64..2050a031 100644
--- a/src/app/components/drawings-listeners/drawing-dragged/drawing-dragged.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/drawings-listeners/drawing-dragged/drawing-dragged.component.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { DraggedDataEvent } from '../../../cartography/events/event-source';
 import { MapDrawing } from '../../../cartography/models/map/map-drawing';
 import { Drawing } from '../../../cartography/models/drawing';
 import { DrawingsEventSource } from '../../../cartography/events/drawings-event-source';
+import { Project } from '../../../models/project';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-drawing-dragged',
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import { DrawingsEventSource } from '../../../cartography/events/drawings-event-
 })
 export class DrawingDraggedComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   @Input() server: Server;
+  @Input() project: Project;
   private drawingDragged: Subscription;
 
   constructor(
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ export class DrawingDraggedComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     drawing.y += draggedEvent.dy;
 
     this.drawingService
-      .updatePosition(this.server, drawing, drawing.x, drawing.y)
+      .updatePosition(this.server, this.project, drawing, drawing.x, drawing.y)
       .subscribe((serverDrawing: Drawing) => {
         this.drawingsDataSource.update(serverDrawing);
       });
diff --git a/src/app/components/drawings-listeners/node-dragged/node-dragged.component.ts b/src/app/components/drawings-listeners/node-dragged/node-dragged.component.ts
index 8c976075..695c46c7 100644
--- a/src/app/components/drawings-listeners/node-dragged/node-dragged.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/drawings-listeners/node-dragged/node-dragged.component.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { Server } from '../../../models/server';
 import { NodesEventSource } from '../../../cartography/events/nodes-event-source';
 import { MapNode } from '../../../cartography/models/map/map-node';
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
+import { Project } from '../../../models/project';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-node-dragged',
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 })
 export class NodeDraggedComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   @Input() server: Server;
+  @Input() project: Project
   private nodeDragged: Subscription;
 
   constructor(
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ export class NodeDraggedComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     node.x += draggedEvent.dx;
     node.y += draggedEvent.dy;
 
-    this.nodeService.updatePosition(this.server, node, node.x, node.y).subscribe((serverNode: Node) => {
+    this.nodeService.updatePosition(this.server, this.project, node, node.x, node.y).subscribe((serverNode: Node) => {
       this.nodesDataSource.update(serverNode);
     });
   }
diff --git a/src/app/components/project-map/info-dialog/info-dialog.component.html b/src/app/components/project-map/info-dialog/info-dialog.component.html
index 529b00e4..517f5820 100644
--- a/src/app/components/project-map/info-dialog/info-dialog.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/project-map/info-dialog/info-dialog.component.html
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
                 </div>
             </div>
         </mat-tab>
+        <mat-tab label="Usage instructions">
+            <div class="textBox">
+                {{usage}}
+            </div>
+        </mat-tab>
         <mat-tab label="Command line">
             <div class="textBox">
                 {{commandLine}}
diff --git a/src/app/components/project-map/info-dialog/info-dialog.component.ts b/src/app/components/project-map/info-dialog/info-dialog.component.ts
index 11968f47..893919fe 100644
--- a/src/app/components/project-map/info-dialog/info-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/project-map/info-dialog/info-dialog.component.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export class InfoDialogComponent implements OnInit {
     @Input() server: Server;
     @Input() node: Node;
     infoList: string[] = [];
+    usage: string = '';
     commandLine: string = '';
 
     constructor(
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export class InfoDialogComponent implements OnInit {
     ngOnInit() {
         this.infoList = this.infoService.getInfoAboutNode(this.node, this.server);
         this.commandLine = this.infoService.getCommandLine(this.node);
+        this.usage = this.node.usage ? this.node.usage : `No usage information has been provided for this node.`;
     }
 
     onCloseClick() {
diff --git a/src/app/components/project-map/project-map.component.html b/src/app/components/project-map/project-map.component.html
index 3c5a1257..362dc68e 100644
--- a/src/app/components/project-map/project-map.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/project-map/project-map.component.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   <app-d3-map
     *ngIf="!settings.angular_map"
     [server]="server"
+    [project]="project"
     [symbols]="symbols"
     [nodes]="nodes"
     [links]="links"
@@ -92,6 +93,12 @@
           </mat-checkbox>
           <mat-checkbox [ngModel]="layersVisibility" (change)="toggleLayers($event.checked)">
             Show layers
+          </mat-checkbox><br/>
+          <mat-checkbox [ngModel]="gridVisibility" (change)="toggleGrid($event.checked)">
+            Show grid
+          </mat-checkbox><br/>
+          <mat-checkbox [ngModel]="project.snap_to_grid" (change)="toggleSnapToGrid($event.checked)">
+            Snap to grid
           </mat-checkbox>
         </div>
       </mat-menu>
@@ -154,11 +161,11 @@
 <app-project-map-shortcuts *ngIf="project" [project]="project" [server]="server"></app-project-map-shortcuts>
 <app-draw-link-tool [links]="links" *ngIf="tools.draw_link"></app-draw-link-tool>
 
-<app-drawing-dragged [server]="server"></app-drawing-dragged>
+<app-drawing-dragged [server]="server" [project]="project"></app-drawing-dragged>
 <app-drawing-resized [server]="server"></app-drawing-resized>
 <app-interface-label-dragged [server]="server"></app-interface-label-dragged>
 <app-link-created [server]="server" [project]="project"></app-link-created>
-<app-node-dragged [server]="server"></app-node-dragged>
+<app-node-dragged [server]="server" [project]="project"></app-node-dragged>
 <app-node-label-dragged [server]="server"></app-node-label-dragged>
 <app-text-added [server]="server" [project]="project" (drawingSaved)="onDrawingSaved()"> </app-text-added>
 <app-text-edited [server]="server"></app-text-edited>
diff --git a/src/app/components/project-map/project-map.component.spec.ts b/src/app/components/project-map/project-map.component.spec.ts
index ef7f3009..f8c55011 100644
--- a/src/app/components/project-map/project-map.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/project-map/project-map.component.spec.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export class MockedDrawingService {
     return of(drawing);
   }
 
-  updatePosition(_server: Server, _drawing: Drawing, _x: number, _y: number) {
+  updatePosition(_server: Server, _project: Project, _drawing: Drawing, _x: number, _y: number) {
     return of(this.drawing);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/components/project-map/project-map.component.ts b/src/app/components/project-map/project-map.component.ts
index fa92a4d1..f9ef338f 100644
--- a/src/app/components/project-map/project-map.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/project-map/project-map.component.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export class ProjectMapComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   public isInterfaceLabelVisible: boolean = false;
   public notificationsVisibility: boolean = false;
   public layersVisibility: boolean = false;
+  public gridVisibility: boolean = false;
 
   tools = {
     selection: true,
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ export class ProjectMapComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
     this.notificationsVisibility = localStorage.getItem('notificationsVisibility') === 'true' ? true : false;
     this.layersVisibility = localStorage.getItem('layersVisibility') === 'true' ? true : false;
+    this.gridVisibility = localStorage.getItem('gridVisibility') === 'true' ? true : false;
     this.addKeyboardListeners();
   }
 
@@ -492,6 +494,20 @@ export class ProjectMapComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.mapChild.applyMapSettingsChanges();
   }
 
+  public toggleGrid(visible: boolean) {
+    this.gridVisibility = visible;
+    if (this.gridVisibility) {
+      localStorage.setItem('gridVisibility', 'true');
+    } else {
+      localStorage.removeItem('gridVisibility');
+    }
+    this.mapChild.gridVisibility =  this.gridVisibility ? 1 : 0;
+  }
+
+  public toggleSnapToGrid(enabled: boolean) {
+    this.project.snap_to_grid = enabled;
+  }
+
   private showMessage(msg) {
     if (this.notificationsVisibility) {
       if (msg.type === 'error') this.toasterService.error(msg.message);
diff --git a/src/app/services/drawing.service.spec.ts b/src/app/services/drawing.service.spec.ts
index 2377de7f..c95a10ba 100644
--- a/src/app/services/drawing.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/drawing.service.spec.ts
@@ -8,17 +8,20 @@ import { Drawing } from '../cartography/models/drawing';
 import { getTestServer } from './testing';
 import { DrawingService } from './drawing.service';
 import { AppTestingModule } from '../testing/app-testing/app-testing.module';
+import { Project } from '../models/project';
+import { SvgToDrawingConverter } from '../cartography/helpers/svg-to-drawing-converter';
 
 describe('DrawingService', () => {
   let httpClient: HttpClient;
   let httpTestingController: HttpTestingController;
   let httpServer: HttpServer;
   let server: Server;
+  let project: Project = new Project();
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [HttpClientTestingModule, AppTestingModule],
-      providers: [HttpServer, DrawingService]
+      providers: [HttpServer, SvgToDrawingConverter, DrawingService]
     });
 
     httpClient = TestBed.get(HttpClient);
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ describe('DrawingService', () => {
     drawing.project_id = 'myproject';
     drawing.drawing_id = 'id';
 
-    service.updatePosition(server, drawing, 10, 20).subscribe();
+    service.updatePosition(server, project, drawing, 10, 20).subscribe();
 
     const req = httpTestingController.expectOne('http://127.0.0.1:3080/v2/projects/myproject/drawings/id');
     expect(req.request.method).toEqual('PUT');
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ describe('DrawingService', () => {
     drawing.project_id = 'myproject';
     drawing.drawing_id = 'id';
 
-    service.updatePosition(server, drawing, 10.1, 20.6).subscribe();
+    service.updatePosition(server, project, drawing, 10.1, 20.6).subscribe();
 
     const req = httpTestingController.expectOne('http://127.0.0.1:3080/v2/projects/myproject/drawings/id');
     expect(req.request.method).toEqual('PUT');
diff --git a/src/app/services/drawing.service.ts b/src/app/services/drawing.service.ts
index 5542fbd9..9c71d620 100644
--- a/src/app/services/drawing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/drawing.service.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,15 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
 import { Server } from '../models/server';
 import { HttpServer } from './http-server.service';
+import { Project } from '../models/project';
+import { SvgToDrawingConverter } from '../cartography/helpers/svg-to-drawing-converter';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class DrawingService {
-  constructor(private httpServer: HttpServer) {}
+  constructor(
+    private httpServer: HttpServer,
+    private svgToDrawingConverter: SvgToDrawingConverter
+  ) {}
 
   add(server: Server, project_id: string, x: number, y: number, svg: string) {
     return this.httpServer.post<Drawing>(server, `/projects/${project_id}/drawings`, {
@@ -29,10 +34,23 @@ export class DrawingService {
     });
   }
 
-  updatePosition(server: Server, drawing: Drawing, x: number, y: number): Observable<Drawing> {
+  updatePosition(server: Server, project: Project, drawing: Drawing, x: number, y: number): Observable<Drawing> {
+    let xPosition: number = Math.round(x);
+    let yPosition: number = Math.round(y);
+
+    if (project.snap_to_grid) {
+      drawing.element = this.svgToDrawingConverter.convert(drawing.svg);
+
+      xPosition = Math.round((xPosition + drawing.element.width/2) / project.drawing_grid_size) * project.drawing_grid_size;
+      yPosition = Math.round((yPosition + drawing.element.width/2) / project.drawing_grid_size) * project.drawing_grid_size;
+
+      xPosition = Math.round(xPosition - drawing.element.width/2);
+      yPosition = Math.round(yPosition - drawing.element.height/2);
+    }
+
     return this.httpServer.put<Drawing>(server, `/projects/${drawing.project_id}/drawings/${drawing.drawing_id}`, {
-      x: Math.round(x),
-      y: Math.round(y)
+      x: xPosition,
+      y: yPosition
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/services/node.service.spec.ts b/src/app/services/node.service.spec.ts
index 1687c7ab..44feb302 100644
--- a/src/app/services/node.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/node.service.spec.ts
@@ -154,11 +154,14 @@ describe('NodeService', () => {
   }));
 
   it('should updatePosition of node', inject([NodeService], (service: NodeService) => {
+    let project = {
+      project_id: '1'
+    } as Project;
     const node = new Node();
     node.project_id = 'myproject';
     node.node_id = 'id';
 
-    service.updatePosition(server, node, 10, 20).subscribe();
+    service.updatePosition(server, project, node, 10, 20).subscribe();
 
     const req = httpTestingController.expectOne('http://127.0.0.1:3080/v2/projects/myproject/nodes/id');
     expect(req.request.method).toEqual('PUT');
@@ -169,11 +172,14 @@ describe('NodeService', () => {
   }));
 
   it('should updatePosition of node and round to integer', inject([NodeService], (service: NodeService) => {
+    let project = {
+      project_id: '1'
+    } as Project;
     const node = new Node();
     node.project_id = 'myproject';
     node.node_id = 'id';
 
-    service.updatePosition(server, node, 10.1, 20.6).subscribe();
+    service.updatePosition(server, project, node, 10.1, 20.6).subscribe();
 
     const req = httpTestingController.expectOne('http://127.0.0.1:3080/v2/projects/myproject/nodes/id');
     expect(req.request.method).toEqual('PUT');
diff --git a/src/app/services/node.service.ts b/src/app/services/node.service.ts
index 8de3b672..ff1b2bb6 100644
--- a/src/app/services/node.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/node.service.ts
@@ -53,10 +53,21 @@ export class NodeService {
     });
   }
 
-  updatePosition(server: Server, node: Node, x: number, y: number): Observable<Node> {
+  updatePosition(server: Server, project: Project, node: Node, x: number, y: number): Observable<Node> {
+    let xPosition: number = Math.round(x);
+    let yPosition: number = Math.round(y);
+
+    if (project.snap_to_grid) {
+      xPosition = Math.round((xPosition + node.width/2) / project.grid_size) * project.grid_size;
+      yPosition = Math.round((yPosition + node.width/2) / project.grid_size) * project.grid_size;
+
+      xPosition = Math.round(xPosition - node.width/2);
+      yPosition = Math.round(yPosition - node.height/2);
+    }
+
     return this.httpServer.put<Node>(server, `/projects/${node.project_id}/nodes/${node.node_id}`, {
-      x: Math.round(x),
-      y: Math.round(y)
+      x: xPosition,
+      y: yPosition
     });
   }