Constructing grid over given position from polygons in QGIS

Question

I have the following situation: I have a MultiPolygon Layer that shows some squares with the size of 100mx100m. The data looks like a raster:

I want to construct a grid with the size of 100mx100m (rectangle(polygon)), so that it fits over the MultiPolygons. I have tried it with the grid-tool in QGIS. In the settings for the expansion parameter I have tried all options, but I always get a result like in the following picture:

Does anyone have an idea how to fix the grid over the squares so that the grid fits perfectly over them?

Answer 1

1. You know the spacing is 100m in both x and y.
2. "Create grid" via Vector > Research Tools > Create Grid
3. Grid Type - set it to Rectangle
4. Grid Extent
   1. set it to Calculate from Layer and select the polygon layer - it will fill in the numbers. The first 2 are the east-west range of the polygon layer, the last 2 are for north-south. The CRS of the layer is also shown.
   2. modify the coordinates by a multiple of 100m if some kind of overlap is required. This will place the origin of the grid so that grid cells are aligned with your existing polygons
5. Set Horizontal Spacing & Vertical Spacing to 100m.
6. Set the Grid CRS to be the same as the layer you are aligning to.
7. Press Run

Input

Parameters

Output

The extent looks long in the south because I have some transparent cells. It is correctly aligned.

Answer 2

Easiest way probably is snapping the grid to the polygon layer with the squares:

1. Activate snapping (choose snap to vertices and all layers).

2. Select all features of the grid (like Ctrl+A in Windows).

3. Toggle editing for the grid layer.

4. Select Move feature, click on one of the corners of the grid and move it over one of the corners of the green rectangles so that it snaps to it and you're done.

Result: