Scale libraries

Why the hell when i create new libraries there are not scaled at the drawing scale when imported in a new drawing ???

For exemple, if i download the libraries available on Intaglio web site, i set my drawing to 1/100 meters or 1/200 meters, they are imported at the right scale in the drawing, a library of 1,50 x 1 m will always be the right size, but when i do my owns, they are NEVER set at the right scale, an object of 1,50 x 1 m will be imported at the right size if the drawing is 1/100, but if it is 1/200, it will not be scaled down, the object will be 3 x 2 m instead !!! So i can use the scale to reduce it, but if i have to it every time i import a new object, no thanks …


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When you export graphics you have the option to include the current scale so Intaglio can adjust the size of the graphic on import.

This is set via an AppleScript. See the sample script called “Export Scale With Graphics”. A more detailed explanation is in the script comments.


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It doesn’t work at all.

I run the script, ok, but when i drag the object from the document to the library, and then drag the object from the library to another document will do nothing more than running the script or not.

When i edit the script it is said it is possible to send the command directly to the software, so how it can be done, i am not an applescript programmer, so it would have been smart to explain how to do or to make the script.

Anyway it will not work whatever i do if i run it from Intaglio script menu or not. So it doesn’t solve the problem it would have been better to set it as defaut and then add a box in the preferences to unactivate it.


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I just tried it and it works fine for me. I do the following:

  1. Open a new document and set the scale to 1" = 48".

  2. Run the “Export Scale With Graphics” script to cause the document to add the scale to graphics it exports.

  3. Draw a 1"x1" square. Note that the size in the geometry inspector reports 48"x48".

  4. Drag the square to the library inspector.

  5. Open a second new document and set the scale to 1" = 24".

  6. Drag the square from the library to the second document. This new square is 2"x2" (i.e., twice the size of the original) and the geometry inspector still reports its size at 48"x48".


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it would have been better to set it as defaut and then add a box in the preferences to unactivate it

If it was the default I think people would freak out when the size of the objects they imported kept changing size.

The sample script describes a another script in the comments that allows you to set a preference for all new documents to use this as the default.

The script is:

tell application “Intaglio” to set export scale with graphics to true


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Hi All,

I just ran into this same issue and found this post. Where can I find the script that performs this task?

Regards,
Dave


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OK, Looks like I found it. I bought my copy from the App Store. The demo download on the developers site appears to contain all the scripts.

Dave


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