Scaled drawings

DanEpps · Post by **DanEpps** » Mon, Feb 05 2007, 1:05PM

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

Mike Yeargain--appologies

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

Rick Palechuk · Post by **Rick Palechuk** » Mon, Feb 05 2007, 10:06PM

Scalable as part of the print output like Autocad with options such as: fit to paper, custom scale, unit size, orientation. Also plot area.

Brian Bauer · Post by **Brian Bauer** » Wed, Feb 07 2007, 2:12PM

Threadjacking there's a new one welcome to thge digital age.

Brian

Michael Yeargain · Post by **Michael Yeargain** » Thu, Feb 08 2007, 6:10AM

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.

DanEpps · Post by **DanEpps** » Thu, Feb 08 2007, 6:55AM

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"?

Rick Palechuk · Post by **Rick Palechuk** » Thu, Feb 08 2007, 8:47AM

Oh my God Dan you said the \"C\" word.

DanEpps · Post by **DanEpps** » Thu, Feb 08 2007, 9:03AM

Rick Palechuk wrote:Oh my God Dan you said the "C" word.

Brings back old memories, eh?

Rick Palechuk · Post by **Rick Palechuk** » Thu, Feb 08 2007, 9:12AM

Yes, hand typing (Basic) programs at the local Radio Shack. Late 70's

DanEpps · Post by **DanEpps** » Thu, Feb 08 2007, 9:34AM

And saving them on a cassette tape

Rick Palechuk · Post by **Rick Palechuk** » Thu, Feb 08 2007, 10:06AM

Hello cassette goodbye 8-track

Brian Bauer · Post by **Brian Bauer** » Thu, Feb 08 2007, 2:22PM

Computer Geeks

David Norton · Post by **David Norton** » Thu, Feb 08 2007, 6:34PM

Ah, the go old days of punch cards.............

DanEpps · Post by **DanEpps** » Thu, Feb 08 2007, 6:44PM

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

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\"

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

Ah yes, those were the days (to quote Archie Bunker)

Rick Palechuk · Post by **Rick Palechuk** » Thu, Feb 08 2007, 9:58PM

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.

Brian Bauer · Post by **Brian Bauer** » Fri, Feb 09 2007, 1:15PM

Glad you took how it was meant

Brian

Thermwood / eCabinet Systems

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