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 Create a Floor Plan Using ConceptDraw PRO

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 Create a Directional Map Using ConceptDraw PRO

Travelers often use directional maps to find directions for certain places. These maps are guide millions of tourists to explore towns and cities worldwide. Searching addresses on a map, view nearby businesses, get driving directions - this is only a little of what directional maps is needed. ConceptDraw PRO allows you to create various kinds of directional maps. You can easily visualize city maps or destinations with driving directions and traveler information using special vector stencils libraries.

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 Design a Restaurant Floor Plan

Someone might think that creating a plan of cafe or restaurant is quite simple. But in fact it is a real art. You need to make it not only beautiful, but also convenient for visitors. Today, restaurants and cafes are not only the places, where people eat, but a places for business meetings, and recreation. Therefore, a well-designed project of the restaurant (cafe, bar) leads to successful sales and good incomes. The ConceptDraw Cafe and Restaurant Floor Plan solution includes libraries that are tailored for Cafe and Restaurants floor plans and interiors.

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.

How to Create a Residential Plumbing Plan

Planning a construction, or making a building plan you have take into account the plumbing and piping peculiarities. You need to make plan that shows the layout and connection of pipers, location of plumbing equipment, etc. Even with a plan changes may be necessary as you work, but a well-done plumbing and piping plan surely makes your work much easier. CnceptDraw Plumbing and Piping Plans solution provides you with the ability to create plumbing and piping plan that use official plumbing symbols. Making detailed Plumbing and Piping Plan will save time and costs. Also, drawing the Plumbing and Piping layout helps you considered through the project in detail, which may enable you to detect things that be probably missed. At least it certainly will minimize visits to the plumbing supply store and save your money. A clear, professional-looking Plumbing and Piping Plan also will make your communication with a building contractor more productive.