How to Change the Measurement Units and Drawing Scale

Charts that represent a real objects with precise dimensions smaller or larger by a some amount are the scaled drawings. Floor plans, maps, technical blueprints are always the scaled drawings. Scale drawings are similar to dimensions of real object. Various units of measurement are applied for depicting dimensions. When creating a scaled drawing we can use meters, centimeters, and millimeters ; we also can use yards, feet and inches. This is because the US utilize its own system of units, and the other countries takes metric system of measurement units. ConceptDraw PRO offers the easy way of choosing the appropriate units of measurement for your scaled drawing. ConceptDraw PRO allows you to make different drawings with different measurement units and scales.

1. Open ConceptDraw PRO document for which you want to change the drawing scale.
2. In the File Menu click the Properties item and select the Units tab.
3. Click Pre-defined scale, and then select a proper Pre-defined metric, architectural, or civil engineering scale. You can select Custom Scale and type your own scale values.

4. To change the measurement units select the needed units in the and in the Units drop-down list.

5. Click Apply (Windows) and OK to save your changes.
6. The document Rulers display measurement units of the current document at the upper left corner of the page.
7. Here you can quickly change units of the document - just click and select new items from the drop-down list.

Note: You may want to change the measurement units to pixels. Be note that a pixel is not a unit of measurement. It is just a dot on a screen and the size of the dot varies for different screens. By setting the measurement units to pixels, you get the size of the object valid only for the current screen type.