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The Scale Bar path effect applied to a sample shape
Cartography

Scale Bar

Set a divided distance ruler beneath the artwork in checker, ladder or plain form, so a printed plan carries the marginalia a reader expects.

Open in the editor More cartography path effects
FamilyCartography
Parameters3 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 3 controls

Nothing here is baked in. Every value stays live on the object for as long as the file exists, so you can come back and retune it, reorder it against other effects, or take it off and get your original path back exactly as you drew it.

  1. Divisions1 to 40, default 6
  2. Height1 to 200, default 10
  3. StyleChecker, Ladder, Plain

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