Using Figma’s auto layout to repair a boat?! Drawing to scale & nesting auto layouts
Ever wanted to see what something might look like in different sizes but only want to draw it once? I used the auto layout feature in Figma to test different sizes of a piece of aluminum before I had it cut for repair a pontoon boat fence. Learn the benefit of nesting auto layouts in this unique Figma tutorial. Let’s get started.
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0:11 - Cracked fence
0:40 - Sketch it first
1:10 - Figma time: 100px = 1 inch
2:17 - Flexible template with nested auto layouts
5:08 - The spec test
6:16 - Scale, export, print
6:47 - The result