Posted by pt on Jun 10, 2024; 1:25pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Isometric-drawing-dimension-tp5719832p5724962.html

Thank you for answering this comment.  I found the units and scaling operation very confusing.

When I started drawing the part using a setup I had done for a more reasonable design size, I noticed that the thickness of the lines were too large and difficult to visualize.

I used the scaling function on a copy of this design and shrunk everything down by a factor of 10.
Again the line sizes were WAY TOO BIG and after adjusting them in the layer settings, I found almost no
reasonable looking view.  All the text was crammed into an unreadable form.

Maybe the part is too small but yet is a good example of "beginner fright" and a "lack of drawing experience".

My background is in micro semiconductor layout drawings and we over the years went from drawing things in microns to nanometers.  Nothing was ever drawn 1:1

I will experiment with "Drawing Preferences" a bit more.  It wasn't obvious I was doing anything correctly in that menu either.

I am impressed with the programs excellent features.  I particularly like the snapping functions and the relative drawing features.  Although I noticed when trying the 2nd point on a rectangle using the @ relative designation, the rectangle was drawn in the wrong location.  (also when I went to divide it ... I could not do it ... until exploding it!)

Keep up the excellent work!