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Resizing whole drawing

Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 3:17 pm
by mstegehu
I am getting a little acquainted with technical drawing especially using QCAD.

I started a technical drawing for my house and use a template I found in the part library (iso_en_a1.dxf ).

When using dimensions I found out that the numbers given where not exactly what I expected so I read the manual and... QCAD always works on a 1:1 scale. With infinite zoom not I problem.

My question: Can I rescale the whole drawing using the Scale functionality or is there a better way?

The main issue here is that I want all elements to stay on there own/current layers.

Marcel

Re: Resizing whole drawing

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 8:10 am
by mstegehu
Problem is, of course, solved after some try and error and succes.

Select all does not look at layers and in the Scale Options dialog the option Use current layer stayed unchecked.

Apart from that I needed to change the 'Dimensions' in 'Drawing preferences' .

Great tool.

Marcel