REPOST: Display and User units, Scaling, Measuring Paths, Importing PDF
People,
I didn't get an answer to this a year ago and the problem has come again so I thought I would repost to see if I have any more luck with responses this time:
If I produce a new drawing on an A4 page with Display and User units in mm with a scaling factor of 1.0, I can draw a rectangle of XxY and when I use the Visualise->Measure Path Extension with a Scale Factor of 100 and Length Unit in m - I get exactly the right dimensions for the rectangle for its perimeter length and area - all good!
However, I have imported a surveyor's map from a PDF file into Inkscape SVG (using defaults) and I need to be able to draw rectangles on it as above in mm (like my test) that will correspond to m in the real world but the drawing is on an A3 page and I have tried scaling and everything else I can think of and Googled a lot but I still can't do what I was able to do with my little test case.
So:
How can I convert the drawing to be on an A4 page with mm units so the mm correspond to m in the real world and the Measure Path Extension will give me the correct result in m and sqm?
The original PDF says the scale was 1:500.
I am using:
Inkscape 0.92.3 (2405546, 2018-03-11)
Thanks,
Phil.
Have you confirmed that the drawing is in fact to scale? Is it possible that the drawing is a reduced copy of the original which was drawn at 1:500?
Paul
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 2:17 AM Philip Rhoades <phil@...2067...> wrote:
People,
I didn't get an answer to this a year ago and the problem has come again so I thought I would repost to see if I have any more luck with responses this time:
If I produce a new drawing on an A4 page with Display and User units in mm with a scaling factor of 1.0, I can draw a rectangle of XxY and when I use the Visualise->Measure Path Extension with a Scale Factor of 100 and Length Unit in m - I get exactly the right dimensions for the rectangle for its perimeter length and area - all good!
However, I have imported a surveyor's map from a PDF file into Inkscape SVG (using defaults) and I need to be able to draw rectangles on it as above in mm (like my test) that will correspond to m in the real world but the drawing is on an A3 page and I have tried scaling and everything else I can think of and Googled a lot but I still can't do what I was able to do with my little test case.
So:
How can I convert the drawing to be on an A4 page with mm units so the mm correspond to m in the real world and the Measure Path Extension will give me the correct result in m and sqm?
The original PDF says the scale was 1:500.
I am using:
Inkscape 0.92.3 (2405546, 2018-03-11)
Thanks,
Phil.
Philip Rhoades
PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067...
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Paul,
On 2018-12-13 21:15, PipingDesignCentral wrote:
Have you confirmed that the drawing is in fact to scale? Is it possible that the drawing is a reduced copy of the original which was drawn at 1:500?
When I use the Visualise->Measure Path Extension it does actually give me correct results so I a assuming that the drawing is still correctly 1:500 . .
Thanks,
Phil.
Paul
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 2:17 AM Philip Rhoades <phil@...2067...> wrote:
People,
I didn't get an answer to this a year ago and the problem has come again so I thought I would repost to see if I have any more luck with responses this time:
If I produce a new drawing on an A4 page with Display and User units in mm with a scaling factor of 1.0, I can draw a rectangle of XxY and when I use the Visualise->Measure Path Extension with a Scale Factor of 100 and Length Unit in m - I get exactly the right dimensions for the rectangle for its perimeter length and area - all good!
However, I have imported a surveyor's map from a PDF file into Inkscape SVG (using defaults) and I need to be able to draw rectangles on it as above in mm (like my test) that will correspond to m in the real world but the drawing is on an A3 page and I have tried scaling and everything else I can think of and Googled a lot but I still can't do what I was able to do with my little test case.
So:
How can I convert the drawing to be on an A4 page with mm units so the mm correspond to m in the real world and the Measure Path Extension will give me the correct result in m and sqm?
The original PDF says the scale was 1:500.
I am using:
Inkscape 0.92.3 (2405546, 2018-03-11)
Thanks,
Phil.
Philip Rhoades
PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067...
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Hi Phil
You should be able to change the size of the page with the document properties dialog (Ctrl+Shift+D).
Once you have resized the page, you might need to resize the imported graphic using the transform tool (F1) to match your expectations for mm to m.
-Chris
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 5:18 AM Philip Rhoades <phil@...2067...> wrote:
Paul,
On 2018-12-13 21:15, PipingDesignCentral wrote:
Have you confirmed that the drawing is in fact to scale? Is it possible that the drawing is a reduced copy of the original which was drawn at 1:500?
When I use the Visualise->Measure Path Extension it does actually give me correct results so I a assuming that the drawing is still correctly 1:500 . .
Thanks,
Phil.
Paul
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 2:17 AM Philip Rhoades <phil@...2067...> wrote:
People,
I didn't get an answer to this a year ago and the problem has come again so I thought I would repost to see if I have any more luck with responses this time:
If I produce a new drawing on an A4 page with Display and User units in mm with a scaling factor of 1.0, I can draw a rectangle of XxY and when I use the Visualise->Measure Path Extension with a Scale Factor of 100 and Length Unit in m - I get exactly the right dimensions for the rectangle for its perimeter length and area - all good!
However, I have imported a surveyor's map from a PDF file into Inkscape SVG (using defaults) and I need to be able to draw rectangles on it as above in mm (like my test) that will correspond to m in the real world but the drawing is on an A3 page and I have tried scaling and everything else I can think of and Googled a lot but I still can't do what I was able to do with my little test case.
So:
How can I convert the drawing to be on an A4 page with mm units so the mm correspond to m in the real world and the Measure Path Extension will give me the correct result in m and sqm?
The original PDF says the scale was 1:500.
I am using:
Inkscape 0.92.3 (2405546, 2018-03-11)
Thanks,
Phil.
Philip Rhoades
PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067...
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This extension may be useful for the scaling part (but it requires that you know the length of one element in the drawing): https://gitlab.com/Moini/inkscape-realscale-extension
Maren
Am 13.12.18 um 19:34 schrieb Chris Tooley:
Hi Phil
You should be able to change the size of the page with the document properties dialog (Ctrl+Shift+D).
Once you have resized the page, you might need to resize the imported graphic using the transform tool (F1) to match your expectations for mm to m.
-Chris
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 5:18 AM Philip Rhoades <phil@...2067... mailto:phil@...2067...> wrote:
Paul, On 2018-12-13 21:15, PipingDesignCentral wrote: > Have you confirmed that the drawing is in fact to scale? Is it > possible that the drawing is a reduced copy of the original which was > drawn at 1:500? When I use the Visualise->Measure Path Extension it does actually give me correct results so I a assuming that the drawing is still correctly 1:500 . . Thanks, Phil. > Paul > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 2:17 AM Philip Rhoades <phil@...2067... <mailto:phil@...2067...>> > wrote: > >> People, >> >> I didn't get an answer to this a year ago and the problem has come >> again >> so I thought I would repost to see if I have any more luck with >> responses this time: >> >> If I produce a new drawing on an A4 page with Display and User units >> in >> mm with a scaling factor of 1.0, I can draw a rectangle of XxY and >> when >> I use the Visualise->Measure Path Extension with a Scale Factor of >> 100 >> and Length Unit in m - I get exactly the right dimensions for the >> rectangle for its perimeter length and area - all good! >> >> However, I have imported a surveyor's map from a PDF file into >> Inkscape >> SVG (using defaults) and I need to be able to draw rectangles on it >> as >> above in mm (like my test) that will correspond to m in the real >> world >> but the drawing is on an A3 page and I have tried scaling and >> everything >> else I can think of and Googled a lot but I still can't do what I >> was >> able to do with my little test case. >> >> So: >> >> How can I convert the drawing to be on an A4 page with mm units so >> the >> mm correspond to m in the real world and the Measure Path Extension >> will >> give me the correct result in m and sqm? >> >> The original PDF says the scale was 1:500. >> >> I am using: >> >> Inkscape 0.92.3 (2405546, 2018-03-11) >> >> Thanks, >> >> Phil. >> -- >> Philip Rhoades >> >> PO Box 896 >> Cowra NSW 2794 >> Australia >> E-mail: phil@...2067... <mailto:phil@...2067...> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> Inkscape-user mailing list >> Inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:Inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Inkscape-user mailing list >> Inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:Inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user -- Philip Rhoades PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil@...2067... <mailto:phil@...2067...> _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:Inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user
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