Drawing size

2D CAD software for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
Post Reply
debenriver
Posts: 696
Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:19 pm
Location: Maine USA and Suffolk England
Contact:

Drawing size

Post by debenriver »

Hi Eric

We seem to have lost the ability to set the drawing size by multiplying the page size by an amount other than a whole number. So I can't specify the drawing width to be *1.25 the page width for example. I can set it to be *2, *3 etc, but anything other than a whole number reverts down to the whole number beneath it (so *1.xx reverts to *1, *2.xx reverts to 2 and so on).

Still works if you use actual numbers (mm, inches etc) and you can make it any ol' size you want.

Not a huge problem of course – but I liked it how it was! :D

George
Mikerosen
Posts: 339
Joined: Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:16 pm
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Contact:

Re: Drawing size

Post by Mikerosen »

George,
It's working for me on 4.40. Are you using a different version?
Still works if you use actual numbers (mm, inches etc) and you can make it any ol' size you want.
How do you do this?
Mike Rosen
Seattle, WA, USA

Mac OS Ventura 13.1, iOS 11.4.1 on iPad Pro
debenriver
Posts: 696
Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:19 pm
Location: Maine USA and Suffolk England
Contact:

Re: Drawing size

Post by debenriver »

Hi Mike

I'm using 4.41b2 – see the "Library" thread. That beta version added a + button to the library so you could add items easily. It also added a little icon bottom left on the main window so you can toggle the page break visibility on and off without going to Preferences. I4.41b1 addressed a problem with Scripts and attractions – Perpendicular didn't work.

I guess the little drawings size bug came with the 41b2 version. You can make the drawings size any size you want regardless of page size:
Screen Shot 2015-04-22 at 12.32.38.png
Screen Shot 2015-04-22 at 12.32.38.png (26.59 KiB) Viewed 6732 times
Eric wrote an autosize line script (and then I added some extra bits to it). It works really well for whole numbers (which is fine for me because I normally just use whole mm), but it has a few hiccups with x.xx type numbers and doesn't work at all with fractional numbers. I think I could fix the x.xx problems – can't even begin to think how to deal with fractions however! It gives you this sort of dimensioning (which I have to do a lot) in one hit:
Screen Shot 2015-04-22 at 16.46.12.png
Screen Shot 2015-04-22 at 16.46.12.png (10.2 KiB) Viewed 6732 times
I can post the code if you feel it might be useful for you?

George
Eric Pousse
Posts: 1064
Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2011 12:31 pm
Location: Tours - France

Re: Drawing size

Post by Eric Pousse »

Bonjour George,

RealCADD 4.41b3 is available here

Thanks.
Eric Pousse
debenriver
Posts: 696
Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:19 pm
Location: Maine USA and Suffolk England
Contact:

Re: Drawing size

Post by debenriver »

Thank you Eric!

Problem sorted :D :D

George
Mikerosen
Posts: 339
Joined: Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:16 pm
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Contact:

Re: Drawing size

Post by Mikerosen »

I'll download it later today!
Mike Rosen
Seattle, WA, USA

Mac OS Ventura 13.1, iOS 11.4.1 on iPad Pro
Post Reply