I create a second diagram and I place any elements there for copying later
on - with the particular size and aspect ratio that I want.  It is nearly as
easy to use this as to use the regular pallettes of symbols.  Just a little
more work to cut and paste with ctrl-C and ctrl-V.

Mike

On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 10:18 AM, George <[email protected]> wrote:

> I tried dia to do my circuit diagrams for my dissertation, since it
> uses antialiasing and the result is of acceptable appearance. However,
> it's really difficult to make a big amount of diagrams, since every
> component you insert from the Circuit sheet appears in a weird aspect
> ratio and you need to resize each and every one of them. I tried to
> find some other sheet on the web but I was unable to.
>
> I tried to resize them, save them as shapes and insert them into the
> sheet but when I did the aspect ratios still came out weird, different
> depending on whether the component was horizontally or vertically
> aligned (even though when I saved them I took care into making both
> the same size).
>
> Is there any way I can use dia to make my diagrams? Any help will be
> greatly appreciated. A downloadable sheet or a way to make my own.
>
> Also, is there any way for dia to remember its settings after you
> close it? Do I need to set them up again every time I open it?
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