Tools or objects for making diagrams

[R Muller]

I am trying to make a series of site analysis diagrams of a 10-acre site, with arrows and shapes of various sorts to show traffic, wind, uses, etc. I couldn't find any tools or library parts for this sort of stuff, so I made some really thick pens (5 points and 10 points, or about 3.5 mm) in order to use splines with arrowheads.

I thought this was really clever, but now I realize that I can print these diagrams at only one scale, because a 10 point line is way too thick when I reduce the plan to print on letter paper instead of plotting it large, for example.

I could create a new penset for each scale I need to print, but now the solution doesn't seem nearly so elegant- more like a workaround.

I could also lay out the diagrams only on a large sheet, and then print at 50% or 30% to change the scale and paper size, but I'm worried that if someone else needs to come back to it in a year or two, nobody will have a clue what I did.

Does anyone know of a better way to do this?

[Chazz]

Not sure if I understand completely but why not just save out the view as PDF and then print those out at the scale(s) needed? The pen weights will then resize with the desired scale. I'm sure I'm missing something.....

[Anonymous]

How about using 10mm high walls set to symbolic cut, with the colour you need set as the fill. You could also set the cutlines to the same colour but perhaps set the pen thickness to 0mm so it always prints a hairline.

If you set the construction method to centerline, the walls will all auto-join neatly also.

You can quickly convert the lines you have drawn already by using the magic wand.

These lines will also be visible in 3d which gives the opportunity to present the diagrams in a 3d format for added interest!

Hope that's clear!