Tips and Tricks

Scale Factor

Do not be afraid to make your artwork at whatever scale is easiest and then make a call to elkplot.scale_to_fit() at the end. For example, if I'm making a drawing that is built around a square grid, I'll usually make the grid cells 1 inch x 1 inch to make the math convenient, and scale at the end. Just make sure to call elkplot.optimize() after you scale so that optimize's tolerance argument is in the same scale as the drawing.