Re: Good job guys!!

[Spencer <sdander oberon ark com>]

On Thursday 15 August 2002 10:22 am, Tim Ellis wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 09:41:17 -0500
>
> Eddie Bush <ekbush@swbell.net> wrote:
> > I don't
> > understand the scale of things, but I don't ever print diagrams anyhow -
> > just build them for their thought-provokingness - so I honestly don't
> > care much about sizes.
>
> I know, I snipped the parts where he says: "Dia is great!" (I certainly
> agree with the sentiment, and I bet most here do...) -- but he's got a
> point in this "I misunderstand scaling" sentence here. The default size at
> least for UML diagramming (and I assume everything else) is that about
> four objects can fit on a single A4-size piece of paper, maybe 8 if you
> cram them.
>
> Objects seem a bit... LARGE.
>
> I scale all my diagrams down to about 18-30% size, which seems a little
> more sane. Is there a rationale for the current default scaling? Am I &
> Eddie the only two that think it might be tweaked?

No, I have to agree with you Tim. Scaling has always been a problem for me and 
I usually go down to 20% to get the best results. I'm normally using ER but 
have used UML and Network shapes.