[Inkscape-user] Path > Object to Path; Extensions > Visualise Path > Measure Path > Area

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[Inkscape-user] Path > Object to Path; Extensions > Visualise Path > Measure Path > Area - Not giving correct result

Philip Rhoades

2017-07-17 07:18:11 UTC

People,

If I draw a rectangle to fit an A4 page and then:

Path > Object to Path

Extensions > Visualise Path > Measure Path > Area

with a Scale Factor of 1 and output in m, I should get a result of about
0.06 instead I get about 0.0003 . .

Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,

Phil.

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Christoph Raab

2017-07-17 12:59:49 UTC

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Hi Philipp,
afraid I can't reproduce this. I'm using Inkscape 0.92. I tried with the
displau units (Ctrl+Shift+D) set to px, mm, or in. Can you say any more
about your setup?
Thanks,
Christoph

Post by Philip Rhoades
People,
Path > Object to Path
Extensions > Visualise Path > Measure Path > Area
with a Scale Factor of 1 and output in m, I should get a result of about
0.06 instead I get about 0.0003 . .
Anyone know what I am doing wrong?
Thanks,
Phil.
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C R

2017-07-17 15:30:45 UTC

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Lines should probably be set to mm by default. I'm thinking very few
people will care about measuring lines in pixels.

It's always the first thing I do.
-C

Post by Christoph Raab
Hi Philipp,
afraid I can't reproduce this. I'm using Inkscape 0.92. I tried with the
displau units (Ctrl+Shift+D) set to px, mm, or in. Can you say any more
about your setup?
Thanks,
Christoph

Post by Philip Rhoades
People,
Path > Object to Path
Extensions > Visualise Path > Measure Path > Area
with a Scale Factor of 1 and output in m, I should get a result of about
0.06 instead I get about 0.0003 . .
Anyone know what I am doing wrong?
Thanks,
Phil.
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PO Box 896
Cowra NSW 2794
Australia
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Philip Rhoades

2017-07-17 17:06:45 UTC

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People,

Post by C R
Lines should probably be set to mm by default. I'm thinking very few
people will care about measuring lines in pixels.

Doesn't make any difference - I still get 0.0003 . .

I am using:

inkscape-0.92-5.pre2.fc25.x86_64

Thanks,

P.

Post by C R
It's always the first thing I do.
-C

Post by Philip Rhoades
People,
Path > Object to Path
Extensions > Visualise Path > Measure Path > Area
with a Scale Factor of 1 and output in m, I should get a result of about
0.06 instead I get about 0.0003 . .
Anyone know what I am doing wrong?
Thanks,
Phil.
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Cowra NSW 2794
Australia
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brynn

2017-07-17 13:00:47 UTC

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There's a Scale Factor setting in the dialog, which I found was not set to 1.
So I set to 1.0. And also I had to change the units to m. With all of that, I
got a result of 0.062 square meters (precision of 3).

Does that help?

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From: Philip Rhoades
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Subject: [Inkscape-user] Path > Object to Path; Extensions > Visualise Path >
Measure Path > Area - Not giving correct result

People,

If I draw a rectangle to fit an A4 page and then:

Path > Object to Path

Extensions > Visualise Path > Measure Path > Area

with a Scale Factor of 1 and output in m, I should get a result of about
0.06 instead I get about 0.0003 . .

Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,

Phil.
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PO Box 896
Cowra NSW 2794
Australia
E-mail: ***@pricom.com.au

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Philip Rhoades

2017-07-17 17:10:34 UTC

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brynn,

Post by brynn
There's a Scale Factor setting in the dialog, which I found was not
set to 1. So I set to 1.0. And also I had to change the units to m.
With all of that, I got a result of 0.062 square meters (precision of
3).
Does that help?

No - like I said, I also used a scaling factor of 1.0 and output in m .
.

P.

Post by brynn
-----Original Message----- From: Philip Rhoades
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 1:18 AM
To: Inkscape User Community
Subject: [Inkscape-user] Path > Object to Path; Extensions > Visualise
Path > Measure Path > Area - Not giving correct result
People,
Path > Object to Path
Extensions > Visualise Path > Measure Path > Area
with a Scale Factor of 1 and output in m, I should get a result of about
0.06 instead I get about 0.0003 . .
Anyone know what I am doing wrong?
Thanks,
Phil.
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Philip Rhoades
PO Box 896
Cowra NSW 2794
Australia
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alvinpenner

2017-07-17 18:57:14 UTC

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I was not clear as to which version this is (
inkscape-0.92-5.pre2.fc25.x86_64 ):

could you attach the rev number that is reported by the Inkscape menu in the
item Help->About Inkscape: for example I get: Inkscape 0.92.1 r15371

if possible, could you attach the svg file you are using?
if not, you can attach a file if you submit a bug report at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape

Alvin

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