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Drawing vs Paper Dimensions

rybasg
This is probably a stupid question, but... I have read a bunch of help articles and watched a number of tutorial vidios, but I can't figure it out.
I want to make a drawing of my property and print it on ANSI E size paper (portrait orientation). The overall dimensions of the lot are 250 feet tall and 150 feet wide. I am at a loss as to how to set up the drawing to accurately display this size when dimensioning a line. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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flywire
Can you link the specific part of the documentation are you having a problem with (manual, wiki, or forum)? I suppose you read the previous post.

The concept is scale your completed drawing as appropriate to fit the page: https://docs.librecad.org/en/2.2.0_a/guides/completion.html
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rybasg
OK, that is making SOME sense. I think what I need to do is set the DRAWING size to fit my property (in feet), and then scale it to ANSI E for printing. But I can't find where to set the drawing size. Part of the problem is that I have a .jpg picture file with the exact layout of my lot with the house on it, and I want to import that into the drawing as a separate layer (I know how to do that) so I can trace over it and continue my landscape design. However, I can't figure out how to make that .jpg the correct size on the drawing so that my dimensions are correct.
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Re: Drawing vs Paper Dimensions

dxli
If I'm following the logic, you would like to draw on an image, with real world coordinates relative to the image borders.

Suppose you have an image with the exact layout lot, with the lower-left corner as the real world coordinate (0, 0).

1, insert the image using the origin (0,0) as the insertion point;
2, scale: using (0,0) as the center, and scaling factors x/y, to scale the image upper-right corner to the real world lot width/height;
3, set the image order to back;
4, now, it's straightforward to draw with real world coordinates on the top of the image.

rybasg wrote
OK, that is making SOME sense. I think what I need to do is set the DRAWING size to fit my property (in feet), and then scale it to ANSI E for printing. But I can't find where to set the drawing size. Part of the problem is that I have a .jpg picture file with the exact layout of my lot with the house on it, and I want to import that into the drawing as a separate layer (I know how to do that) so I can trace over it and continue my landscape design. However, I can't figure out how to make that .jpg the correct size on the drawing so that my dimensions are correct.
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Re: Drawing vs Paper Dimensions

flywire
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rybasg wrote
I have read a bunch of help articles and watched a number of tutorial vidios
Seems more like awareness and entertainment than learning. Nothing beats starting LibreCad and doing a tutorial on your computer to get the required output and gain proficiency. https://dokuwiki.librecad.org/doku.php/tutorial:carport seems very relevant, and maybe https://wiki.librecad.org/index.php?title=Measure_Areas

Once you are proficient then reading or watching videos can be useful to pick up a technique.
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Re: Drawing vs Paper Dimensions

perepujal
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Usually one draws in the units that fits better their needs, say meters, kilometers, milimeters, yards, feets, etc

To add a image and scale it to your selected units you can do the following:
insert image unscaled
measure a known dimension of the image
scale the image taking in account the measured dimension and the known dimension, I don't remember currently if it is
one divided by the other or the inverse.
measure again to verify it has scaled right.

Once you have drawn the plans according to your selected units and want to put them on paper, then select print preview and adjust the paper size and scale according to what you want on paper.

HTH
Pere