How to Change the Measurement Units and Drawing Scale

ConceptDraw PRO enables choosing the most suitable scale and units of measurement with just one click.
There are different units of measurement that can be used for length dimensions. When making scaled drawing we can't keep in mind just meters, centimeters, and millimeters ; we also need remember about yards, feets and inches . This is because the United States applies its own system of measurement units, while the rest of the world employs metric measurement units. This article explains how you can change the scale and measurement units in a ConceptDraw PRO drawing.

How to Resize Objects

When creating diagram using ConceptDraw PRO, you can select, move, resize and rotate objects. After selecting an object (or objects) in a document, you can change it position, resize it or move an object to the desired position. The sizes of objects in ConceptDraw PRO can be changed by simple dragging, or you can set a particular size of any object. Using ConceptDraw PRO, you can re-size an object on the page using the absolute measurements instead of a mouse. You can make quick work of designing complex drawing using a combination of different-sized items.

How to Create a Floor Plan

Making a floor plan is the best way to get a handle on how to organize your living space, and find out what could be changed. Creating a floor plan to scale is a challenge of the home and interior design process and can be noticeably helpful for visualizing things like furniture layout. You can use ConceptDraw?PRO to?produce layouts of?real estate properties. ConceptDraw PRO contains the large quantity of pre-designed vector objects that you can use for quick and easy designing such floor plans. You ?can easily determine the?size of?the?rooms and distances in?you drawing. The?ability to?create a floor plan is?delivered by?the?Floor Plans?solution. This solution extends ConceptDraw PRO with libraries that contains over 500 objects of floor plan elements. There is?a set of?special objects that?displays the?sizes, corners, squares and other technical details using?the?current measurements?of?units.

How to Draw an Area Chart in ConceptDraw PRO

Area chart is similar to a line chart, but an area chart has an area, commonly filled with color below the line. The applying of Line charts and area charts are also very similar. They both show continuity across a data set. They are both can be used for displaying time series data and for depicting tendencies better than separate values, but they have some different characteristics. Using the proper one is good chance to show once again a professionalism of your graphic documents. An area chart depicts a colored area below the line. The sum on the vertical axis of an area chart represents the entire value, while the height of each separate piece shows its parts. Area charts are used to display multiple data series with proportion to a whole value , or for separate data series showing a set of countable values, or cumulative data.

How to Create a Floor Plan for the Classroom

Classroom environment is very important for students. Classroom layout has a big influence on the learning process. The size of the classroom and interior areas, the type of furniture the lightning, and the desk arrangement all influence how students learn. ConceptDraw enables you to build the effective classroom arrangement. Using ConceptDraw School and Training Plans solution you can quickly sketch the Floor Plan for your classroom. It provides you a special library that contains the set of vector objects that represent desks, tables, storage and more. You can even change your classroom size and print your layout.