Plotting without centering
haschdl opened this issue · comments
hello! while the scaling and placing the SCG drawing in the center of the page is a great feature, I would like to be able to plot a file "as is". My particular need is to add my signature, or the title, to a previously plotted piece. The exact placement is important in this case.
Is there a way to achieve this today?
you can use layers (actually SVG groups) to compose various elements and plot them individually and they can be in the same file. I use this to put in crop marks
You should also be able to uncheck "fit page" to get an SVG to be plotted to its original dimensions. But yeah layers are probably the way to go.
Does the SVG have explicit dimensions defined that line up with the canvas size you're trying to plot to? It sounds like the best approach would be like Henry said to edit the original SVG to include the signature and title on different layers where you want them in relation to the plot, then fit to page like you did with the original so that they line up to the right place.
Unchecking 'fit to page' is the way to go if you want to directly control scale and placement. It's up to you to produce an SVG of the correct dimensions in that case.
For off-center plots that still scale to the page, I usually create a layer with a rectangle that's the size of my "virtual" page, position my plot within that rectangle, and then toggle that layer off when I plot.
I'm closing this as I think this is a matter of usage, not a change to be made in saxi.
thanks for the tips, I agree there are multiple ways to achieve what I intended