You can also change the scale by selecting the scaled drawing’s group entity and then selecting options from the Scaled Drawing panel.Inkscape is free and open source. To edit the entities in a scaled drawing, you simply need to open the group’s context.

Context-click the new group, choose Scale, and then select a scale from the submenu that appears, as shown in the following figure.

Context-click the selection and select Make Group from the submenu that appears.

Select the entities that belong in the scaled drawing.

If you’ve already started a drawing and want to turn what you’ve drawn into a scaled drawing, follow these steps:

When you’re done, double-click with the Select tool anywhere in the drawing area that’s outside the scaled drawing context.

Using the drawing tools, begin creating your drawing, and LayOut applies the scale you selected, as shown in the following figure.Depending on your selection, you might be able to choose a unit, such as meters or feet. (Optional) From the Length drop-down list, choose Decimal, Architectural, Engineering, or Fractional.

In the Scaled Drawing panel that appears, click Make Scaled Drawing.To begin with a scaled drawing group, follow these steps:

In other words, geometry never resizes when the first scale is applied however, after you apply the first scale, changing the scale does resize the geometry. Although you can choose a new scale to fix the error, know that this will resize your geometry. Tip: If you mistakenly apply the wrong scale to a group, use the Remove Scale command to undo your work and start over.

Inkscape drawings to scale