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Real size or same size

Choose whether a symbol follows the page's scale or keeps its size on paper.

  • How-to
  • 1 min
  • Pro
  • Checked with Fluah 1.0.34

Where to find it

Edit toolOn paper

Steps

  1. Here at 1:100: a distribution board, which is Real size, and a socket outlet, which is Same size.

    At 1:100: the distribution board and the double socket outlet side by side in the switch room

  2. Change the page's scale, here to 1:50.

    The page scale list from the status bar, 1:50 marked

  3. The Real size copy is drawn at the new scale. The Same size copy keeps its size on paper.

    At 1:50: the distribution board twice as big on paper, the socket outlet the same size

  4. Set it in the tool's tab, under On paper in its properties.

    The tool tab properties: Tool, Name, Scale 1:100, On paper with Real size and Same size

  5. Tool scale in the tab's bar is the scale the tool is drawn at.

    Tool scale 1:100 open in the tool bar: Calibrate, then 1:1 to 1:1000
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Updated 6 November 2026