Posted by Dabbede on
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Feature-proposal-tp5706646p5707247.html

I have another feature request, related to this.

I use frames for my drawings (as Bob does). These are A4-specific, which means that the dimensions of text and lines are "fixed" by the dimension of the paper.
Now, if I want to draw an object which is very small or very big (in the real world) with respect to an A4 sheet, I'm forced to scale either the drawing or the frame.

In the first case all my dimensions become wrong, changed by the same scaling factor used to resize the drawing.
In the latter case, the text and the lines width need to be adjusted every time.

So my suggestion is to implement a "dimensions scale factor" which could be used to scale every dimension displayed in the drawing.
In this case I just have to:
 - draw 1 single A4 layout (not like bob which has drawn one frame for every scale factor) and reuse it every time
 - draw a 1:1 object, with all the dimension annotations in real units
 - resize the object to fit the A4 frame -> take note of the scaling factor
 - set the "dimensions scale factor" in some menu (I suggest Edit/Current drawing preferences)
 - print

I think this may be useful for everyone who is using frames!
Thank you for considering implementing it.