Symbol with layer scale

[hong]

Is there any way to create a symbol that is proportional to layer scale?

[matto]

not really

but a Plug in Object (PIO) can be written based on a symbol or the VS code of Symbol

and in that you get the scale of the layer the object is placed on and scale it accordingly.

well that's the short version.

[MullinRJ]

iboymatt is right, symbols cannot be scaled. But, they can be placed, then decomposed, and the resulting group can be scaled. Of course, decomposing a symbol will disconnect it from the original symbol definition, but if that is not an issue to you, try using this code fragment in a script or a PIO. It should get you going in the right direction.

HTH,

Raymond

code:

---

VAR

SignalName :String;

X, Y, Rot, ScaleFactor :Real;

. . .

Symbol(SignalName, X, Y, Rot);

DoMenuTextByName('Convert to Group Chunk', 1);

ScaleFactor := GetLScale(GetLayer(LNewObj));

Scale(ScaleFactor, ScaleFactor);

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