Re: Setting a drawing's scale
C R <[email protected]> Tue, 26 Nov 2019 12:39:06 +0000
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--===============9107096217118078947== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000003811f305983f2bc9" --0000000000003811f305983f2bc9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Oh excellent tip, Maren. Thanks! Might be worth adding ft and m to the defaults. On Tue, 26 Nov 2019, 12:28 Maren Hachmann, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > November 2019 featured book: Manager's Guide to Technical > > Troubleshooting Second edition > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr > > > > > > > > > > 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 > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Inkscape-user mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > >>> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > --0000000000003811f305983f2bc9 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto">Oh excellent tip, Maren. Thanks! Might be worth adding ft= and m to the defaults.=C2=A0</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir= =3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, 26 Nov 2019, 12:28 Maren Hachmann, &l= t;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noref= errer">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D= "gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding= -left:1ex">Btw., it's possible to add one's own units to units.xml = in the /share/ui<br> folder in the Inkscape installation.<br> <br> Maren<br> <br> Am 26.11.19 um 03:36 schrieb Steve Litt:<br> > Thanks C R,<br> > <br> > It turned out I did something similar to your recommendation, and ende= d<br> > up having one centimeter represent a foot. It worked well: Thank you!<= br> > <br> > I have another thought on this measuring stuff, but I'll make it i= n a<br> > different email.<br> > <br> > Thanks,<br> > <br> > SteveT<br> > <br> > Steve Litt<br> > November 2019 featured book: Manager's Guide to Technical<br> > Troubleshooting Second edition<br> > <a href=3D"http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr" rel=3D"noreferrer noref= errer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr</a><= br> > <br> > <br> > <br> > <br> > On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 13:43:34 +0000<br> > C R <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferr= er" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br> > <br> >> Probably the easiest way to do what you want is to go to File >= <br> >> Document Properties, and in the Page tab, set both display units a= nd<br> >> custom size units to inches (in)<br> >><br> >> Then choose Edit > Preferences and under the "grids" = section set<br> >> units to inches, spacing to 1, and major grid line every 12<br> >> Change the colour of major grid line colour to red<br> >><br> >> Now open a new file to see your grid preferences applied to the gr= id.<br> >><br> >> Draw a rectangle, setting the units from mm to inches, enter 22*12= in<br> >> the height and width to get the number of inches. This rectangle<b= r> >> represents your diagram.<br> >><br> >> Now to make a version of your drawing to fit nicely in an 8.5 x 11= in,<br> >> draw one off to the side, and with it selected hit ctrl+shift+r to= <br> >> resize the document to that rectangle.<br> >><br> >> Now select your large rectangle and group it with ctrl+g or object= ><br> >> group.<br> >><br> >> Make a clone of the group with alt + D (or Edit > Clone > Cr= eate<br> >> Clone)<br> >><br> >> Move the clone down the the size you want it on your page.<br> >><br> >> Now you can work inside that group at full scale, and all changes<= br> >> will be reflected in the clone on your page.<br> >><br> >> When you export to pdf for printing, the page size will then be<br= > >> correct.<br> >><br> >> Hope it helps!<br> >> -C<br> >><br> >><br> >><br> >> On Mon, 25 Nov 2019, 00:45 Steve Litt, <<a href=3D"mailto:slitt= @troubleshooters.com" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">slitt= @troubleshooters.com</a>><br> >> wrote:<br> >><br> >>> Hi all,<br> >>><br> >>> I want to make a drawing of part of the electrical wiring in m= y back<br> >>> yard. I have everything measured in feet. I'd love to find= a way to<br> >>> have the grid in feet, where about 22 feet covers the whole dr= awing.<br> >>> I'd love to have the length of line segments articulated i= n feet,<br> >>> even though my drawing's only 11x8.5.<br> >>><br> >>> Is there a way to set the scale such that everything's rep= orted in<br> >>> feet?<br> >>><br> >>> Thanks,<br> >>><br> >>> SteveT<br> >>><br> >>> Steve Litt<br> >>> November 2019 featured book: Manager's Guide to Technical<= br> >>> Troubleshooting Second edition<br> >>> <a href=3D"http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr" rel=3D"noreferr= er noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://www.troubleshooters.com/= mgr</a><br> >>><br> >>><br> >>> _______________________________________________<br> >>> Inkscape-user mailing list<br> >>> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"= noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]= t</a><br> >>> <a href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inksca= pe-user" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https:/= /lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user</a><br> >>>=C2=A0 <br> > <br> > <br> > <br> > _______________________________________________<br> > Inkscape-user mailing list<br> > <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferr= er noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br= > > <a href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user"= rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.s= ourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user</a><br> > <br> <br> <br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> Inkscape-user mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer no= referrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br> <a href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user" rel= =3D"noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.sourc= eforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user</a><br> </blockquote></div> --0000000000003811f305983f2bc9-- --===============9107096217118078947== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============9107096217118078947== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user --===============9107096217118078947==--