Chapter 9. Creating and Using Scaled Drawings in Visio
IN THIS CHAPTER
Where the Scale Information Is Held
Scaling and Anti-Scaling Ratios and Formulas
The Mystical “Range-Of-Eight”
Visio SmartShapes Symbols That Always Scale
Visio SmartShapes Symbols that Never Scale
For those of you who come from a Computer Assisted Drafting and Design (CADD) background, this chapter on scaling should be, for the most part, a bit of fluff. However, for the rest of the world, scaling is something that brings about much consternation, if not outright confusion. Why do we have scaled drawings and diagrams in the first place? Due to my architectural background, I will use a built-environment illustration here. If you wanted to represent, say Holyrood Palace in Edinburg ...
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