Re: Setting a drawing's scale

Btw., it's possible to add one's own units to units.xml in the /share/ui
folder in the Inkscape installation.

Maren

Am 26.11.19 um 03:36 schrieb Steve Litt:
> 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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> 
> 
> 
> 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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