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From: werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig)
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Subject: Re: scale drawings in MacPaint?
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Date: Sat, 22-Mar-86 17:12:02 EST
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> 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.
> I didn't find anything in my Apple documentation, and I only saw
> a brief mention of the grid in a third-party book.

from the MacPaint manual, page 25:

GRID in the GOODIES menu is also a constraint.  It allows drawing, typing,
or moving a selection only along the lines of an invisible grid.


> Can MacPaint be used to construct scale drawings, such as floor
> plans, lot surveys, elevations, etc?

You can draw most anything (limited by the resolution available), but it's
not much fun to manipulate "objects".  Try MacDraw (get a demo from someone).