This is not so much a bug as an design omission. Whilst the Libre Office Drawing fulfills the basic needs for creating simple drawings and sketches, it fails to have a drawing scale feature. The same is true of Libre CAD. The very first time I tried to draw a small detail I was frustrated because my object was only 2 x 3 inches in section and 4 inches long. In order to have a reasonable size representation I had to mentally create a 2:1 scale as I went along. There needs to be a drawing scale feature at the file level to provide this very basic need. John Spencer
What about Tools > Options > LibreOffice Draw > General > Drawing scale :)? But I think a faster access is desirable (like in the bottom status/toolbar). Therefore lets change this bug to an enhancement request? Kind regards, Joren
On 2013-07-02 2:25 AM, bugzilla-daemon@freedesktop.org wrote: > Jorendc <mailto:joren.libreoffice@telenet.be> changed bug 66470 > <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66470> > What Removed Added > Hardware x86-64 (AMD64) All > OS Windows (All) All > Status UNCONFIRMED NEW > Severity normal enhancement > QA Contact joren.libreoffice@telenet.be > See Also https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65765, > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59068 > Summary FILEOPEN FILEOPEN: easier access to scale drawings > Component Drawing UI > Ever confirmed 1 > > *Comment # 1 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66470#c1> > on bug 66470 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66470> from > Jorendc <mailto:joren.libreoffice@telenet.be> * > What about Tools > Options > LibreOffice Draw > General > Drawing scale :)? > > But I think a faster access is desirable (like in the bottom status/toolbar). > Therefore lets change this bug to an enhancement request? > > Kind regards, > Joren > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > You are receiving this mail because: > > * You reported the bug. > Thanks for your response. My apologies for raising a non issue. However, I do concur that the route to the solution is obscure and I am not sure I would ever have found it. I am more used to Visio, am looking for a replacement and find Libre Draw/CAD similarly functional. There, the scale function is reached very quickly via the Page Set Up in the File menu. I do agree that an enhancement is appropriate, since the drawing scale is usually the first parameter that is determined after the drawing page is created. Best regards John
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