Determining size of objects on screen and when printing

[DM1]

I set up a page in Designer and adjust page size to 10x10”. I set up a Standard Grid with lines spaced at 1”.  This displays correctly on the page. Now I draw a Rectangle around 4 squares i.e I now have a 2” square on my canvas. 

Now in navigator studio I set view to 100% and for some reason the displayed square measures 4” (with a ruler over screen), surely it should measure only 2”? 

If I set the navigator studio view to 50% the 2” square now measures 2”s (shouldn’t it display at 1” i.e 50% of 2”.) 

To further complicate issues when I print my 2” square and measure the square printed on paper, it measures only 1 5/8” not 2” as drawn. 

In the words of one of our infamous politicians “ Please Explain........” 

[Dan C]

Hi DM1!

8 hours ago, DM1 said:

Now in navigator studio I set view to 100% and for some reason the displayed square measures 4” (with a ruler over screen), surely it should measure only 2”? 

 If I set the navigator studio view to 50% the 2” square now measures 2”s (shouldn’t it display at 1” i.e 50% of 2”.) 

This is already logged with the developers as a bug, I believe it's due to the iPads native 2x DPI so I'll bump the report with your thread now.

9 hours ago, DM1 said:

To further complicate issues when I print my 2” square and measure the square printed on paper, it measures only 1 5/8” not 2” as drawn. 

I've tested printing the same document at 72, 144 & 300dpi - in all 3 instances the 2" square printed at 1 5/8". I'm not certain for the reason of this and something certainly doesn't seem right. I'm going to be investigating this further and logging bug(s) as appropriate.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention