Controlling scale of Graphics on paper
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- Subject: [mg126154] Controlling scale of Graphics on paper
- From: Joseph Gwinn <joegwinn at comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:31:22 -0400 (EDT)
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I would like to use Mathematica to make printed templates of various
kinds.
In one use, a complicated shape is generated mathematically and
displayed using Graphics or Show, the plot is printed on paper, the
paper is glued to a piece of wood, which is cut and drilled to the lines
and center-points. This requires the ability to control the on-paper
scale factor, so that a length of 1.0 in a line ends up being one inch
(or one centimeter) on paper.
I assume that this is possible, but have not found anything relevant in
the online documentation. What I have done is used Mathematica to make
dolls of machine parts; in this case it was sufficient that all be in
the same scale, which was achieved using ImageSize->72*6 directives, but
ImageSize doesn't speak directly to the issue of scale on paper.
It may be that ImageSize->{w,h} can be used, but there is some math
required.
So, my question is how best to achieve a specified scale on paper.
TIA,
Joe Gwinn