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From: rupp@tetra.UUCP (William L. Rupp)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: scale drawings in MacPaint?
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Date: Thu, 20-Mar-86 14:57:49 EST
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In article <692@hlwpc.UUCP> cb@hlwpc.UUCP (C Blesch) writes:
>Can MacPaint be used to construct scale drawings, such as floor
>plans, lot surveys, elevations, etc?  There's something under the
>"goodies" menu called "grid", and when I've activated it, nothing
>has happened.  I would assume it would give me a scaled grid.

It does indeed give you a grid, but an invisible one.  Grid forces
the pointer to move a set number of pixels in any direction each time
you move the mouse.  This in effect means you are working with a grid instead of
a totally free-form blank space.  Very useful when trying to line up screen
objects and text that have been moved around.

I don't know if that will help you solve your problem, but you should
find this feature very handy in any case.