Operation Manual

40 Working with Pages
Drawing scale
You can create scale drawings (such as a garden design or model diagram) by
setting a ratio other than 1:1 between page units and ruler units. For example,
you might wish to set one page centimetre equivalent to 0.5 metre, a good
scaling ratio for designing gardens of a typical size.
Use Dimension tools (see p. 82) in conjunction with scale drawings
for on-the-page measurements, which automatically update as you
move objects.
To change the drawing scale:
1. Choose Drawing Scale Options from the context toolbar (shown
with Pointer or Rotate Tool selected).
- or -
Choose Options... from the Tools menu and select the
Layout>Drawing Scale option.
2. Check the Scale Drawing box.
3. Use the input boxes to set the drawing scale as a proportion between
the Page Distance (in page units that define the document's actual
printing dimensions) and the Ruler Distance (in on-screen ruler units
that represent the "real world" objects you're depicting). Units and
object dimensions update and scale accordingly.
For clarity, the dialog also reports the Printed page size (in page units, as shown
in the Page Setup dialog) and the Scaled page size (in "real world" ruler units).