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IanChap
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December 23, 2022
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How can I embed a scale in a PDF drawing?

  • December 23, 2022
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I've searched for this many times, and most results seem to tell me how to ignore an embedded scale, or how to temporarily change it. Neither is what I want.

 

But I believe it's possible to permanently embed a scale in a page. The distance tool states 'Ebedded Scale Ratio', which is invariably blank.

 

So how exactly do I embed it?

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    Meenakshi Negi
    Community Manager
    Meenakshi NegiCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    December 30, 2022

    Hi IanChap,

     

    Thank you for reaching out.

     

    Please refer to the information provided in the following help document: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/grids-guides-measurements-pdfs.html.

    Check if that helps.

     

    If you are looking for other information, let us know how you create the PDF.

    Share the Acrobat and OS versions.

     

    Thanks,

    Meenakshi

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    IanChapAuthor
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    December 31, 2022

    Thanks Meenakshi.

     

    But although there's a lot of useful info there, I don't see how to embed a scale?

     

    It's usually PDF's created by others, which I need to open numerous times, and they don't have an embedded scale. In fact I don't think I've ever come accross one! So I'd like to embed the scale, to avoid having to set it every time I open a drawing.

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