Hi Norbert, I am not quite sure whether you mean "object" to be what we call shapes, or groups of entities (shapes and tools), or the just the tools, like ellipse, text and rectangle. There is a lot of variety and the shapes have come into being over many years, so there is a certain lack of uniformity in their properties.
The Dia methods also have more freeform qualities than a CAD system, for example. It is sometimes hard to get exactly what you want without creating your own personal shapes. Dia is, if nothing else, very open and flexible. Sometimes this is less efficient. When I seek a uniformity of scale for shapes (created by many different volunteers for differing purposes and with different opinions about how they should be) I will use copy and paste to get multiple instances of an exact appearance. I may even group an individual shape ti prevent inadvertently changing the size of it. With the tools, like Text for instance, if you double click on the tool icon, you will get a window that is the default properties. If you set the font to be 48pts there, then the next time you call for text it will be 48pts. This will persist into the next session of Dia. Please, ask further question and be a little more specific. Exact examples are good to make sure the right issue is addressed. Mike On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:36 AM, DEWI - N. Zacharias <n.zachar...@dewi.de>wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to Dia and it looks good at the first glance. But there is one > issue which bothers me. > I have some objects and I want to set them to the same size which is the > size of the biggest object. > At the moment I only able to do this by select object by object and scale > them manually. > Also it is not possible to enter the size in the property editor (like in > xfig) > > It would be very helpful if someone can show me how to scale the selected > objects at once (like using the align menue) > If this is not possible at the moment please take this as a feature > request. > > Thanks and have a good time > Norbert > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dipl. Phys. > Norbert Zacharias > Wind Measurements & Power Curve Measurements > DEWI GmbH > Ebertstrasse 96 > 26382 Wilhelmshaven > Germany > > Tel.: +49 4421 4808 876 > > Fax: +49 4421 4808 843 > > Email: n.zachar...@dewi.de > Home: http://www.dewi.de > a UL company > > DEWI GmbH has been acquired by UL (Underwriters Laboratories) and now > operates as a UL Company. > DEWI GmbH > Commercial Register No.: Amtsgericht Oldenburg, HRB 130241 > Managing Director: Jens Peter Molly, Michael A. Saltzman, Sajeev Jesudas, > Gitte Schjøtz > P Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > _______________________________________________ > dia-list mailing list > dia-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com>
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