Re: Setting a drawing's scale

Thanks C R,

It turned out I did something similar to your recommendation, and ended
up having one centimeter represent a foot. It worked well: Thank you!

I have another thought on this measuring stuff, but I'll make it in a
different email.

Thanks,

SteveT

Steve Litt
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Troubleshooting Second edition
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On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 13:43:34 +0000
C R <[email protected]> wrote:

> Probably the easiest way to do what you want is to go to File >
> Document Properties, and in the Page tab, set both display units and
> custom size units to inches (in)
> 
> Then choose Edit > Preferences and under the "grids" section set
> units to inches, spacing to 1, and major grid line every 12
> Change the colour of major grid line colour to red
> 
> Now open a new file to see your grid preferences applied to the grid.
> 
> Draw a rectangle, setting the units from mm to inches, enter 22*12 in
> the height and width to get the number of inches. This rectangle
> represents your diagram.
> 
> Now to make a version of your drawing to fit nicely in an 8.5 x 11in,
> draw one off to the side, and with it selected hit ctrl+shift+r to
> resize the document to that rectangle.
> 
> Now select your large rectangle and group it with ctrl+g or object >
> group.
> 
> Make a clone of the group with alt + D (or Edit > Clone > Create
> Clone)
> 
> Move the clone down the the size you want it on your page.
> 
> Now you can work inside that group at full scale, and all changes
> will be reflected in the clone on your page.
> 
> When you export to pdf for printing, the page size will then be
> correct.
> 
> Hope it helps!
> -C
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 25 Nov 2019, 00:45 Steve Litt, <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I want to make a drawing of part of the electrical wiring in my back
> > yard. I have everything measured in feet. I'd love to find a way to
> > have the grid in feet, where about 22 feet covers the whole drawing.
> > I'd love to have the length of line segments articulated in feet,
> > even though my drawing's only 11x8.5.
> >
> > Is there a way to set the scale such that everything's reported in
> > feet?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> > Steve Litt
> > November 2019 featured book: Manager's Guide to Technical
> > Troubleshooting Second edition
> > http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr
> >
> >
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