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ggoble
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Acres

Post by ggoble » Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:18 pm

How is the grid set to equal an acre, 208.7'?

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andrew
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Re: Acres

Post by andrew » Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:36 pm

Here's how you can set up a fixed grid:

Edit > Drawing Preferences > General > Grid
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You also might want to disable grid scaling to avoid multiples of the configured size:
Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Grid
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Re: Acres

Post by Husky » Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:52 pm

For this example the drawing unit needs to be in Foot. :wink:
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Re: Acres

Post by andrew » Thu Oct 08, 2015 9:03 pm

Ah, yes. Glad to see you've managed to get used to imperial units :roll:
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