Hi there

I am teaching myself Inkscape and so far so good. However, I have just spent the last 2 days trying to figure out how to set a scale for a landscape plan I am trying to complete for my permaculture design project. 

I want to ensure that the measurements are correct. Currently, I have been practicing by uploading an image which has been cropped from Paint and then tracing on top of this to plot existing features. I have a boundary map from google that includes the boundary measurements but am unsure how to scale the drawing correctly.   I have tried using the resize tool but I dont know how to keep the drawing to either a2 or a3 size. When I use the resize tool it pushes my plan outside of the page size and I just dont know how to use it properly. Can someone please help? Thank you 

Can you draw the plan full size?

Then calculate what percentage you want it to print at.  For instance, 1/8" = 1' means a 8"x16" concrete block will be represented by a line which is a percentage of life size.  Figure out your percentages.

Make a copy of the plan.

Use the transform tool to scale x and y by your percentage.

State on your page the scale and percentage used.

Place the smaller image in a rectangle which has your desired proportions.  EG letter and legal are proportional relationships.  Export.  Pull ping into a publisher and print.

OR

Create at full size - create page as backer - export.

[ Anyone else remember title blocks and how to use them? ]

There is an extension: https://inkscape.org/~Moini/%E2%98%85realscale-resize-by-line-of-known-length

Quickly resize (architectural) drawings by indicating a line and its length in real world units. Optionally scale the drawing with a specific scale factor and draw a scale rule.

Version 1.1, Inkscape extension for Inkscape 1.0 and higher.

 

Thank you, I have downloaded this and used however the image changes from the preferred page size. I dont know how to fix that.