I have a set of objects (about 25) that need to be copied and scaled to an absolute size. I can do this manually but this will take too much time. The alternative is to use the transform dialogue but this can only scale the objects proportionally (by a %age of their current size).
I need to be able to select a group of differently-sized objects and enter a horizontal or vertical size for them, then have each object in that selection scale proportionately to that size.
You can tell at Transform dialog: "apply to each object separately" with checked "Scale proportionally" but every object will have either same width or height.
Perhaps if you temporarily group all the shapes together and then apply your transform operation, and after that, ungroup them.
Or, combine them together, with spaces in between them, do your transformation operation, then Path > Break Apart, to re-establish the individual shapes.
That doesn´t work as I was expecting - and grouping/combining don´t work either but for good reason: a group has its own coordinates and combining objects means unifying all attributes of different shapes , which you can´t get back by simply "Breaking apart".
I wonder now what the "Apply to each object separately" function is good for.
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I have a set of objects (about 25) that need to be copied and scaled to an absolute size.
I can do this manually but this will take too much time. The alternative is to use the transform dialogue but this can only scale the objects proportionally (by a %age of their current size).
I need to be able to select a group of differently-sized objects and enter a horizontal or vertical size for them, then have each object in that selection scale proportionately to that size.
Is this possible?
You can tell at Transform dialog: "apply to each object separately" with checked "Scale proportionally" but every object will have either same width or height.
Hopefully this series of images shows the problem:
1) Take the shapes:
2) Change the units to mm and check 'separately' and 'proportionally':
3) Enter the new height (60mm) and click 'apply', and the sizes are instantly distorted severely:
Perhaps if you temporarily group all the shapes together and then apply your transform operation, and after that, ungroup them.
Or, combine them together, with spaces in between them, do your transformation operation, then Path > Break Apart, to re-establish the individual shapes.
That doesn´t work as I was expecting - and grouping/combining don´t work either but for good reason: a group has its own coordinates and combining objects means unifying all attributes of different shapes , which you can´t get back by simply "Breaking apart".
I wonder now what the "Apply to each object separately" function is good for.
Percentage.
How does it help with absolut sizes?
If you want a number of objects the same size.
Not sure how this help the OP.
Imagine you have drawn a set of chessmen and want them to fit proportionally into the chessboard given by its raster height.
Maybe this: