On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 06:09:54PM +0100, Steffen Macke wrote: > Chris, > > welcome back! > > On 01/27/2012 01:12 PM, Chris Green wrote: > > It is possible to set the size of an object directly? I.e. can I > > specify that a rectangle is, say, 4.5 x 6.0 cm? It can be difficult > > setting an exact size with the mouse. > > When you resize objects, the status bar will tell you the dimensions > of your objects - are you aware of this feature?
Yes, and it's difficult to set accurate sizes with the mouse using this feature, that's how I have been doing it. > Setting the correct grid size and "Snap to Grid" will help you to > size your objects quickly and precisely. That only works if I want to set a size that fits the grid. Typically I will use the grid at some nice integral scaling factor. It's then OK if I want to set a rectangle to, say, 50cm x 100cm but what happens if I need to set something to a size like 497mm x 942mm, quite likely if I'm drawing out a layout of some equipment or similar. > See the Dia manual: > http://dia-installer.de/doc/en/canvas-chapter.html#gridlines > For the example you've mentioned, I would switch off the dynamic > grid and choose 0.5 for the grid spacing. > > Does this information solve your problem? > Well it does for shapes which happen to have convenient sizes which are multiples of the grid, however I do have one which isn't such a size. -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
