Printing to specific scale doesn't work - wrong scale

Andrew DeMerchant andrew.demerchant at gemtec.ca
Thu Jul 27 13:45:50 EDT 2006


If you select a printout to be at a specific scale, it's wrong (off by 
about 5%).

If you are using a custom print layout with a scalebar, it's easier to 
notice right away. Print something at 1:10000, for example. Then grab an 
actual 1:10000 scale and you'll see that the scale bar on the page is 
too small. From 0 to 600 metres, it should measure 60mm, but is actually 
only 56mm. This translates to a 40metre error when scaling things off of 
the printout. The scalebar does actually match the scale of the drawing 
though, but it is not 1:10000, as it claims.

Has anyone run into this? I've just submitted it as a bug....maybe 
there's a workaround though....

Andrew
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	*Andrew DeMerchant*
*Computer Technologist*
ph.1-877-4GEMTEC x.163
fax 506-453-9470

/GEMTEC Limited <http://www.gemtec.ca>
/191 Doak Road
Fredericton, NB, Canada
E3C 2E6

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