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Scale Ratio

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Jan 15, 2015 Jan 15, 2015

How do I change the scale ratio when measuring 2D design in PDF document?

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Adobe Employee , Jan 15, 2015 Jan 15, 2015

Hi Billw59390832,

Please try the steps below to change the scale ratio.

    Choose View > Tools > Analyze to open the Analyze panel.

    Click on the Measuring tool, and then pick one of the Measurement types: Distance, Area or Perimeter.

    Hover over the page and right click (Mac OS: Control+click) and chose Change Scale Ratio from the context menu.

    Right click | Change Measurement Scale

    Enter the preferred scale ratio in the dialog box:

    Enter your preferred measurement scale

    When you

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Adobe Employee ,
Jan 15, 2015 Jan 15, 2015

Hi Billw59390832,

Please try the steps below to change the scale ratio.

    Choose View > Tools > Analyze to open the Analyze panel.

    Click on the Measuring tool, and then pick one of the Measurement types: Distance, Area or Perimeter.

    Hover over the page and right click (Mac OS: Control+click) and chose Change Scale Ratio from the context menu.

    Right click | Change Measurement Scale

    Enter the preferred scale ratio in the dialog box:

    Enter your preferred measurement scale

    When you pick OK, you will see the updated scale ratio, as long as you still have the Measuring tool selected in the Analyze panel:

    The updated scale ratio is visible when you have the Measuring tool selected

Regards,

Anand

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Guest
Jan 15, 2015 Jan 15, 2015

?Thankyou.

Kind regards

Bill

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New Here ,
Oct 04, 2015 Oct 04, 2015

Hi. I   Choose View > Tools > but there is no"  Analyze" tab

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Community Expert ,
Oct 04, 2015 Oct 04, 2015

Look under Edit - Analysis...

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New Here ,
Oct 18, 2016 Oct 18, 2016

Where is it now? there is no Analysis under the Edit menu. 

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Explorer ,
May 18, 2020 May 18, 2020

Right-clicking on a drawing with the Measuring Tool selected no longer seems to have the option to Change Scale Ratio. Is that set somewhere else now?

 

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC v2018 for Mac 

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New Here ,
Sep 24, 2020 Sep 24, 2020

I am having the same issue its not there anymore

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New Here ,
Apr 16, 2021 Apr 16, 2021

Same issue here. What's the fix?

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New Here ,
Aug 17, 2022 Aug 17, 2022

In general the below answer is correct.  When having the measuring tool active, right click to change the ratio.  BUT, if you are measuring in a pdf that was created from a dwg file or some other CADD type program you will need to go one step further.  When having the measuring tool active, right click and then choose preferences and deselect the option (it is the very first option for me) to use scale and units from document (when present).  Otherwise, for me, anyway, it would not actually reset the ratio.  

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New Here ,
Jan 20, 2023 Jan 20, 2023

This did not work for me, it is still not allowing me to set me own scale after clicking off use scale and units from document. What else can I do?

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New Here ,
Sep 09, 2023 Sep 09, 2023

Did you ever figure it out. It seems like the measure tool change a lot in an upgrade.

 

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New Here ,
Oct 19, 2023 Oct 19, 2023

Same here....unable to get any type of measurement correction/edit to show up - following anyone's instructions.  Measuring one end of a parcel to the other and the default says "Distance: 2.82"  - 2.82 what??? I need ft/inches.  Anyone have a solution to this problem? Thank you.

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New Here ,
Apr 08, 2024 Apr 08, 2024

I have the same issue, Would love an update!

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New Here ,
Jun 25, 2024 Jun 25, 2024

Go to file drop down menu (home) and click disable new adobe PDF reader

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New Here ,
Dec 06, 2024 Dec 06, 2024
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Thanks James.  This worked for me.   Hard to believe they haven't fixed this issue since June or earler.

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