Default size for shapes

2012-11-06 Thread Harold
Dear list, I'm taking my first steps into making some Dia shapes but I'm having some trouble with the size of the shapes when you add one to your layout. Ideally I'd like to create shapes with a predefined size and that aren't scalable. I'd like to use these shapes to draw electrical schematics.

Re: Default size for shapes

2012-11-06 Thread Michael Ross
Base units for Dia are centimeters. I believe you need to think in cm when making shapes. I don't make shapes, so hopefully someone else will chime in. M On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Harold wrote: > Dear list, > > I'm taking my first steps into making some Dia shapes but I'm having > some

Re: Default size for shapes

2012-11-06 Thread Hans Breuer
At 06.11.2012 15:46, Harold wrote: Dear list, I'm taking my first steps into making some Dia shapes but I'm having some trouble with the size of the shapes when you add one to your layout. Ideally I'd like to create shapes with a predefined size and that aren't scalable. I'd like to use these sh

Re: Default size for shapes

2012-11-06 Thread Harold
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Hans Breuer wrote: > At 06.11.2012 15:46, Harold wrote: >> If I create a shape with either a size of 1000 or 1, the object is >> always the same size when adding them to the layout. >> > Please take a look into the specification of custom shapes: > http://git.gnome