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Scale PanelThe Scale Panel provides parameters that determine the size and position of items on the drawing paper.
The scale of a drawing can be a confusing concept. If it is possible try to use a scale of 1:1. Before the use of computers scaling a drawing was more likely to be needed, for example to show details of a small object. However if your drawing will be read by others on a computer display they may use Zoom to view the details as close as desired. In this case it doesn't matter that the whole drawing spans 2 cm, just zoom in, all the detail is there. Page Layout defines the size of the drawing. This provides the "room to work" by defining how many pages of paper make up the drawing. The size of a page of paper is defined by the Page Setup parameters. These parameters interact with your choice of scale to determine the size of the drawing on paper. This additional flexibility may allow a scale of 1:1 to be used in a wider range of circumstances. For example a drawing of a bread box could still be done at a scale of 1:1. Computer screen users of the drawing would zoom out to view the whole bread box. In Page Layout this drawing could be printed with a scale of 50% in Landscape mode and the bread box would fit on an 8" x 11" page of paper. With these warnings in mind it is often very useful to use a scale for a drawing. For example when preparing a drawing for a BBC landscaping TV production, units of Yards and a scale of 1:120 will likely be useful. |