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 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 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 Draw a Floor Plan for Your Office

Designing the right office space is is an essential factor of business productivity. An office floor plan should reflect the needs of both employees and customers. ConceptDraw PRO allows you to draw the Floor Plan for your office using a special office equipment library as well as set of special objects that displays the sizes, corners, squares and other floor plan details.

How to Draw an Emergency Plan for Your Office

Emergency Floor Plan is important to supply an office staff with a visual safety solution.
Emergency Floor Plan diagram presents a set of standard symbols used to depict fire safety, emergency, and associated information. Using clear and standard symbols on fire emergency plans delivers the coherence of collective actions , helps to avoid embarrassment, and improves communications in an emergent situation. The fire emergency symbols are intended for the general emergency and fire service, as well as for building plans ,engineering drawings and insurance diagrams. They can be used during fire extinguishing and evacuation operations, as well as training. It includes vector symbols for emergency management mapping, emergency evacuation diagrams and plans. You can use ConceptDraw PRO to make the fire evacuation plans for your office simple, accurate and easy-to-read.

How to Create a Sport Field Plan Using ConceptDraw PRO

Sport fields and playgrounds fields are one of the most important resources for sport. They form the valuable area necessary to deliver possibilities for citizens to enjoy sports, games and other physical activities. Well planned fields for sport, playing and recreation help to maintain active and healthy society in urban and rural areas. ConceptDraw Sport Field Plans solution is time saving and handy professional tool. It provides the set of vector graphic objects that can be used for depicting of any of sport field or playground: football, basketball, volleyball, golf, etc. You can also add elements of the fields entourage: water pools, plants, parking and other objects.

How to Create a Seating Chart for Wedding or Event

Making the guests invited to a wedding or any other special event feel as comfortable as possible, you necessary to take care of the preparation of the seating arrangements plan. That is why it is important to make a detailed table seating chart that will carefully positioning any invitee. Making a Seating Chart template with a help of seating chart software is the best way to represent and prepare a seating plan, for event participants and guests. The ability to design different seating plans is delivered by the ConceptDraw Seating Plans solution. Using ConceptDraw PRO simplifies the complex and cumbersome process of public events organization.

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 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.