Posted by Tim Payne on Jun 17, 2022; 12:17pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/LibreCAD-for-Building-Survey-projects-tp5721722p5721822.html

Pere, Delu & Jaycad,

Thanks to your input and advice, I have now advanced to a 2D dimensioned drawing of my apartment, derived from Terrestrial Laser Scanner measurements (after a short break for work).

I also followed a demo to make a drawing Template for A2 size subjects, as the floor plan scaled to 1:50 should fit within this template.

I also placed this Template within the LC Library/Templates folder (after removing the original file) - so on opening LC, the screen is set to this 1:50 scale Template for A2 paper.

So, I thought that by opening the Floor Plan file, I would be able to rescale it and include it in the Template, however, when the Floor Plan file starts up, the Template file disappears and when I have the Floor Plan file loaded, on selection of Print Preview it opens on a blank sheet, which is overlapped by the Floor Plan, until rescaled to 1:50.

Is it possible to get that template included in Print Preview, so that the content can be positioned as necessary?

For dimensioning in the 1:1 drawing, I made the General Scale: 50, so that values were legible and dimension arrowheads were visible.

I have tried rescaling the Floor Plan file to 1:50, then dropping it onto the Template, but all the life size 1:1 dimensions revert to the sizes of the actual drawing, so where the floor plan is 14587 mm along one side, the resulting Template display is 292 mm.

Seems quite complex, but am sure that there is a way to get the two merged together, correctly?

Kind regards,

Tim Payne