Document measurement scaling
Migrated from https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170871
From 2005-08-20 to 2012-10-04
Summary:
Ntmoe wrote...
Could a scale be specified for a document? There is a nice option in MS Visio that allows a scale drawing to be made using, for example, actual bulding measurements on a regular-sized sheet of paper.
Additional Comments:
Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote on 2005-09-03:
Could you elaborate on your thoughts about how this should work? For instance, what should the scale setting dialog look like? What sorts of options would one like to have? Maybe attach some screen captures of other applications with this functionality. How do you think Inkscape should behave if you change the scale of an existing drawing?
Ntmoe (ntmoe) wrote on 2005-09-09:
In the [Visio 2002] page setup dialog, there is a tab for drawing. There are options for either 1:1 scaling, predefined scales that folks like architects and engineers would use, and there is also a custom scaling feature. You can input your own ratio using units of cm, m, in, ft, pt, etc. For example, the scale could be input as 10 in = 30 in, where 10 in. is the measurement on the paper, and 30 in. is the measurement in the physical world. Another neat feature on the drawing scale tab is that the page size is shown using the scale measurements. So if you're using an 8.5 in. x 11 in. sheet of paper with a scale of 1 in = 10 in, the page size would be shown as 85 in. x 110 in.
As for how inkscape should behave when using scaling, the rulers would be adjusted to show the scale, so positioning of objects and guides could be done using scale measurements. Also, the sizes of pre-defined shapes are enlarged or reduced according to scale.
With an existing drawing, I think that all the objects would need to be enlarged or reduced to fit the new drawing scale. There could be an option for this when doing the conversion, but I would think that most people would want everything on the drawing to change to correspond to the new scale.
Vladimir Savic (vladimir-firefly-savic) wrote on 2012-10-04:
We now have useful measurement tool in .49. Why not reusing it for scaled readings? All we need is a tool's option for defining scale ratio (or maybe even making ration a document property).
Migrator's Notes:
- AFAICT, no duplicate issues filed here
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