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Mike Murray--I think I should take responsibility for the threadjacking since I posted the comment that you replied to.

Mike Yeargain--appologies :oops:

Scaled drawings would be nice but, speaking from a programming perspective, having them might take away the ability to freeform size drawing objects.

My thinking is that if you have to choose a scale for the drawing your sizing choices would be limited. You would not be able to zoom in really close if that size wasn't in the list.

Of course given today's technology, I may be thinking really old school :wink:
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Scalable as part of the print output like Autocad with options such as: fit to paper, custom scale, unit size, orientation. Also plot area.
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Threadjacking there's a new one welcome to thge digital age.

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I agree Dan and Rick.

I would like the scalable drawings Like in Autocad. And if it is just not possible to incorporate the two in the form of a toggle then I would prefer the way it is now. I/we need to be able to zoom in and out.

It would be extremely helpful if we could have a sizable option incorporated here.
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Brian Bauer wrote:Threadjacking there's a new one welcome to thge digital age.

Brian
Dude, threadjacking has been around since 300 baud modems and bulletin boards. Don't you remember some of the "goes every which way" threads back when CompuServ was "it"?
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Oh my God Dan you said the \"C\" word.
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Rick Palechuk wrote:Oh my God Dan you said the "C" word.
Brings back old memories, eh?
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Yes, hand typing (Basic) programs at the local Radio Shack. Late 70's
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And saving them on a cassette tape :lol:
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Hello cassette goodbye 8-track
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Computer Geeks

:lol:
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Ah, the go old days of punch cards.............
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Hello cassette goodbye 8-track
Remember the \"long life\" of the 4-track? It looked like a miniature 8-track.
Computer Geeks
Thanks for the compliment :lol:
Ah, the go old days of punch cards.............
The first program I ever wrote was with patch cords on a bus board. Talk about \"hard-coding\" :lol:

Remember when you could go to the county fair and have you fortune told by a \"computer\"--in reality a card sorter? :lol:

Ah yes, those were the days (to quote Archie Bunker) :wink:
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OK Dan, time to snap back into the right century. I use Autocad allot and I find there scaling system to be very good, although I don't scale everything I plot, I do think it's a necessity for future builds.
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Glad you took how it was meant :lol:

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