I have a file that I drew using version 12. The file's paper size is 100 feet wide which depicts my property lot size.
The file contains (among other items) a fence that I drew on a 1:1 scale. I drew the pickets to be 5.5 inches wide by 6 feet tall.
Now I would like to reduce the paper size to 8.5 X 11 but retain the sizes of the wood that I drew. For example:
After reducing the paper size, if I select a picket, the displayed width of a picket that I drew (i.e, that's shown in the bottom left of the Corel screen) should still read 5.5".
The manual is not too clear on how I can do this. Can somebody please help me?
Skuddle said:The file's paper size is 100 feet wide which depicts my property lot size.
Let me guess, you're coming over from Illustrator.? Why define a page at all? Its not as though you'll find paper 100' wide (long maybe but not wide). So if your design is never going to be printed, draw at real world scale and know dimensions are correct. Then if you really want to print to a piece of paper Save As and manipulate the page size and Scaling.
No, not coming from Illustrator. Coming from Corel drawings that I created several years ago on a Vista computer.
In December 2022 I was finally able to scale my drawings so I could draw objects on an 8.5x11 inch paper and print the drawing on 8.5x11 inch paper.
If I want to draw something and then when I use the Dimension tool to measure it, have the dimensions indicate the actual size (fences, floor plans, walls, yards etc.) I can. Now, using the 8.5x11 inch paper I can easily draw a fence picket with a size of 5.5 inches x 6 feet and when I measure the picket using the Dimension tool it will read 5.5 inches x 72 inches.
Can't recall right now exactly what I did to achieve that (computer is at a remote location) but it only took a few seconds.
I'm saving this entire thread for future reference just in case I need it, and I want to thank everyone for their suggestions and thoughts!