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scale imported photo ver 18

stewart
Participant
attempting to scale an imported photograph for tracing using a known dimension on the photo.
My steps:
create a new independent worksheet
Project map / Worksheets / rt clk / independent worksheet

File / External Content / Place External Drawing

then to scale the photo:
I select the photo
then attempt the sequence which has worked so many times before:
Edit / reshape / resize /graphically / select pt/ select second pt / enter desired distance
but I'm presented with:
"enter resizing center point"
am I forgetting something?
could I have a setting selected that effects the operation?
has resize tool changed in Vers 18?
ArchiCAD 18
M1 MacBook Air
Mac OS 11.6
Mac Pro 5.1
Mac OS 10.14
iPad Pro 12.9”
iOS 15
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Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
Just tried it here and it works.

• Select Photo
• Command+K shortcut
• Click first point
• Click second point
• Type Distance
Eduardo Rolón AIA NCARB
AC27 US/INT -> AC08

Macbook Pro M1 Max 64GB ram, OS X 10.XX latest
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stewart
Participant
Do you get "enter resizing center point" after selecting ok in pop up box?
I must be doing something wrong. probably something very simple as it used to work fine for me.
anyone have any ideas?[/img]
ArchiCAD 18
M1 MacBook Air
Mac OS 11.6
Mac Pro 5.1
Mac OS 10.14
iPad Pro 12.9”
iOS 15
stewart
Participant
I was successful.
I have no idea what changed but when I closed ArchiCAD, reopened ArchiCAD, tried it again, this time the pet palette with distance and angle showed up so I could finish the re-scale.
I still wonder what happened.
ArchiCAD 18
M1 MacBook Air
Mac OS 11.6
Mac Pro 5.1
Mac OS 10.14
iPad Pro 12.9”
iOS 15