Thank you very much for the responses. I have used the default-size tag on each object. It works for me. :)
Again, very much appreciate your replies. Andy On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Michael Ross <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > Andy, > > This generally how Dia works: a general flexible, customisable method will > be implemented and applying the customisation is left to the user. > > What ask for would restrict function. > > You can probably create a work around. If you have a Dia that works for you, > where your shapes are the size you like when you place them, take note of > the preferences, page setup, and so on to create an empty Dia you can call > up as a starting point. > > But the general implementation expects you will want to resize shapes. > > You might explore using a grid and grid snap for getting sizes uniform on > the canvas. > > There is one important feature of the Dia paradigm/work flow, you draw > without regard to absolute scale, getting things to look good, then you set > up the page or pages around it. There are functions for zooming and > scaling-they are not the same. Experimenting with them will be useful to see > how they work. > > I should mention that I am not an expert creating shapes. I never liked how > that works. I draw things, group them and ungroup as needed, I often cut and > paste the groups to a "storage" Dia, then copy and paste them back into my > "working" Dia. The storage Dia is a tab of the viewport (as is the working > Dia) that functions almost like another set of shapes in the sheet palette. > > Mike > > > On Aug 21, 2016 9:54 AM, "Andy Ng" <andreas2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thank you for your kind reply. I just want my shapes not to be resized >> on the canvas. >> >> Kind regards, >> Andy >> >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 3:11 AM, Michael Ross <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > It used to be the shape sizes were in centimeters within Dia. A 1 x 1 >> > shape >> > would be 1cm x 1cm. >> > >> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Andrey <anrdae...@yandex.ru> wrote: >> >> >> >> Greetings, Andy Ng! >> >> >> >> > I would to design some new shapes, but I don't want those to be >> >> > resized when placed on canvas. Is there any way to achieve that? >> >> >> >> You can't really prevent the resize, I don't think. Else you wouldn't >> >> be >> >> able >> >> to print your diagrams to scale. >> >> But you can specify starting size - >> >> "<default-width>...</default-width>" >> >> tag. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> With best regards, >> >> Andrey Repin >> >> Wednesday, August 10, 2016 19:26:49 >> >> >> >> Sorry for my terrible english... >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. >> > Thomas A. Edison >> > >> > A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. >> > Warren Buffet >> > >> > Michael E. Ross >> > (919) 585-6737 Land >> > (919) 576-0824 Mobile and Google Phone >> > >> > michael.e.r...@gmail.com >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
