I also use Omnigraffle for floor plans and wall construction.
I need the ruler values in increase upward, that is with the values at the top of the document to be larger in value than values at the bottom.
Ex:
now - need
-5 - 5
-4 - 4
-3 - 3
-2 - 2
-1 - 1
0 - 0
The same should apply to shale, the bottom left should be 0,0 with up-right values increasing.