2009/12/18 Javier Rivera <[email protected]> > Harold Fuchs wrote: > >> This does not seem to make any difference. I'm not sure what the purpose >> is >> of this feature. I do not seem to be able to "re-scale" objects after >> drawing them. >> > > It's used to draw and print in different measures. That didn't sound quite > clear, so I'll try with an example: > > Sometimes our company exhibits in fairs. We need to make a sketch of the > stand to send to another company who makes the real project, plans and build > the thing. We used to did it in draw using the scale option. > > We sketch the stand using real measures. I mean, we made in Draw a 20x20 > meters square as the floor or a 2x2 meters circle as a column. We use the > scale option to be able to print it in a A4 or in A3, while keeping the real > measures in the drawing. > > Note that the person that did the sketches was mainly a salesperson, who > lacks any training in architecture or computers and is horrified just > looking at real programs (i.e.: AutoCad) interfaces. It's quite remarkable > how fast and easy she has grasped Draw and how fast she became productive (a > matter of minutes to draw the plane, she was using it to study the different > furniture placements the next day). Specially as she only uses it a couple > of times a year. > > Sometime simplicity triumphs features. > > Anyway, I hope that this explained the use of the scale. > > > Javier. > > Wonderful. Thank you.
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