Regina Thank you very for your prompt response, it works just as you said. So simple when you know how.
John On 26 Mar 2012, at 15:59, Regina Henschel [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] wrote: Hi lismurn, lismurn schrieb: > Up until I retired I had access to Visio. I am now working quite successfully > with Libreoffice, however in Draw I cannot attach dimension lines to objects > in scaled drawings. This means that if I make adjustments to objects on the > drawing the dimensions do not automatically adjust. It is probably something > quite simple that I have to do, I only wish I knew what it was. I have tried > to work with glue but to no avail. The dimension lines in Draw have no "glue" feature. But for first drawing you can enable "Snap to Object Points". When the dimension line is drawn, you can group the object and its dimension line. Then a scaling will work on both together and the numbers on the dimension line will adapt to the new length automatically. Kind regards Regina -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [hidden email] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion below: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Attaching-Dimension-Lines-in-Draw-tp3854436p3858390.html To unsubscribe from Attaching Dimension Lines in Draw, click here. NAML -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Attaching-Dimension-Lines-in-Draw-tp3854436p3859499.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
